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bottle tree

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bottle tree
1. any of several Australian sterculiaceous trees of the genus Sterculia (or Brachychiton) that have a bottle-shaped swollen trunk
2. another name for baobab


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One of the most suitable species for an arboreal colonnade in the Valley is the Australian bottle tree (Brachychiton populneus).
But in his recent installation, entitled Spirit House, 1993, Birch set his sights on three African-American traditions of the rural South: the yard show, the shotgun shack, and the bottle tree.
The first 1,000 people who show up will receive a free two- to three-foot bottle tree or pine tree.
 
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