RED SILK-COTTON TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red silk-cotton tree mean? 

• RED SILK-COTTON TREE (noun)
  The noun RED SILK-COTTON TREE has 1 sense:

1. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok

  Familiarity information: RED SILK-COTTON TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED SILK-COTTON TREE (noun)

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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 ("red silk-cotton tree" 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 ("red silk-cotton tree" is a member of...):

Bombax; genus Bombax (trees of chiefly South America)