"bottle tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bottle trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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:
    Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum
    Sense id: en-bottle_tree-en-noun-hIqtvdcV Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dogbane family plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 11 3 17 17 6 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 5 16 16 12 16 14 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 18 11 3 16 14 9 17 11
  2. Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:
    Adansonia gregorii
    Sense id: en-bottle_tree-en-noun-8eibemT4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dogbane family plants, Malvales order plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 11 3 17 17 6 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 5 16 16 12 16 14 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 18 11 3 16 14 9 17 11 Disambiguation of Malvales order plants: 8 11 8 14 16 18 14 11
  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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  4. Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:
    Moringa
    Sense id: en-bottle_tree-en-noun-mu1QhLEE Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dogbane family plants, Malvales order plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 11 3 17 17 6 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 5 16 16 12 16 14 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 18 11 3 16 14 9 17 11 Disambiguation of Malvales order plants: 8 11 8 14 16 18 14 11
  5. Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:
    Brachychiton
    Sense id: en-bottle_tree-en-noun-c-RwxOW0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dogbane family plants, Malvales order plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 11 3 17 17 6 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 5 16 16 12 16 14 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 18 11 3 16 14 9 17 11 Disambiguation of Malvales order plants: 8 11 8 14 16 18 14 11
  6. Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:
    Ceiba
    Sense id: en-bottle_tree-en-noun-SIpKFOrE Categories (other): Pages with entries, Malvales order plants Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 5 16 16 12 16 14 Disambiguation of Malvales order plants: 8 11 8 14 16 18 14 11
  7. Any of a number of trees that have a swollen base to the trunk giving a bottle-like appearance, including:
    Caricaceae
    Sense id: en-bottle_tree-en-noun-P3cG7Bea Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dogbane family plants, Malvales order plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 11 3 17 17 6 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 5 16 16 12 16 14 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 18 11 3 16 14 9 17 11 Disambiguation of Malvales order plants: 8 11 8 14 16 18 14 11
  8. An artificial tree decorated with bottles, believed in hoodoo to entrap evil spirits.
    Sense id: en-bottle_tree-en-noun--xsCS5Oz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dogbane family plants, Malvales order plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 13 6 11 11 10 11 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 11 3 17 17 6 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 5 16 16 12 16 14 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 18 11 3 16 14 9 17 11 Disambiguation of Malvales order plants: 8 11 8 14 16 18 14 11

Inflected forms

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