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Meaning of bottle tree | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

bottle warmer bottle whore bottle-arse bottle-feeder bottle-nose bottle-nose dolphin