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bottle tree

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:

Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum

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Meaning 2

Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:

Adansonia gregorii

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Meaning 3

Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:

Pachypodium lealii

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Meaning 4

Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:

Moringa

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Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:

Brachychiton

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Meaning 6

Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:

Ceiba

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Meaning 7

Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:

Caricaceae

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Meaning 8

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

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Meaning 9

an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton

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Synonyms: bottle-tree

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Broader terms: tree

Narrower terms: flame tree, flame durrajong, Brachychiton acerifolius, Sterculia acerifolia, broad-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton australis, kurrajong, currajong, Brachychiton populneus, Queensland bottletree, narrow-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton rupestris, Sterculia rupestris

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