candle tree

candle tree (plural candle trees)

1. A candlestick or candelabrum
2. Any of several trees:
   1. Parmentiera cereifera, principally of Central America, a tree with long cylindrical fruits that look like candles.
   2. Dacryodes excelsa, of the Caribbean
   3. Senna alata, of the family Fabaceae, native to Mexico.

• (Senna alata): candelabra bush, empress candle plant, ringworm tree

• crenelated, enterlaced