elephant tree

English

Noun

elephant tree (plural elephant trees)

  1. A distinctive shrub or small tree native to northern Mexico and the farthest southern edge of California and Arizona (Bursera microphylla), having a smooth-skinned, bulging round trunk reminiscent of an elephant's trunk or legs.

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