bottle tree

== English == === Noun === bottle tree (plural bottle trees) 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.