bottle tree

See also: bottletree

English

Noun

bottle tree (plural bottle trees)

1. 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
2. An artificial tree decorated with bottles, believed in hoodoo to entrap evil spirits.