English Explanatory Dictionary

bottle tree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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
Adansonia gregorii
Pachypodium lealii
Moringa
Brachychiton
Ceiba
Caricaceae
An artificial tree decorated with bottles, believed in hoodoo to entrap evil spirits.

Word forms

bottle tree bottle trees

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