A Silk Floss or Palo Borracho Tree, Cieba speciosa, at Posta de Yatasto, Argentina. The name means "drunken trunk" because the trunk swells up like a

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A Silk Floss or Palo Borracho Tree, Cieba speciosa, at Posta de Yatasto, Argentina. The name means "drunken trunk" because the trunk swells up like a beer-belly when water is available and stores the water in the trunk.

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