bottle tree

Meanings

nounbottle tree (plural bottle trees)

Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:
1. Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum
2. Adansonia gregorii
3. Pachypodium lealii
4. Moringa
5. Brachychiton
6. Ceiba
7. Caricaceae
An artificial tree decorated with bottles, believed in hoodoo to entrap evil spirits.

nounan Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton

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