BOMBAX CEIBA

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Meaning:

East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok

Synonyms:

Bombax ceiba; Bombax malabarica; red silk-cotton tree; simal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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