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BOMBAX CEIBA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombax ceiba mean?
• BOMBAX CEIBA (noun)
The noun BOMBAX CEIBA has 1 sense:
1. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok
Familiarity information: BOMBAX CEIBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bombax ceiba; Bombax malabarica; red silk-cotton tree; simal
Hypernyms ("Bombax ceiba" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("Bombax ceiba" is a member of...):
Bombax; genus Bombax (trees of chiefly South America)
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