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