The bottle tree, plump and leathery at its base, tapers to a sprout of twisting, hand-like little branches clutching bouquets of pink flowers.
圆鼓鼓的瓶树基部似皮革，向上逐渐变细，最后生出扭曲的细枝，形似手，紧紧抓着开出的一束束粉花。
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With the postman’s triumph of getting both pink and white blossom on a single tree, I shouldn’t be surprised to see even my gateposts or my wife’s clothes-prop burst into sudden and urgent flower.