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CEIBA TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ceiba tree mean?
• CEIBA TREE (noun)
The noun CEIBA TREE has 1 sense:
1. massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
Familiarity information: CEIBA TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bombay ceiba; Ceiba pentandra; ceiba tree; God tree; kapok; silk-cotton tree; white silk-cotton tree
Hypernyms ("ceiba tree" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
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