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GENUS BOMBAX
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Trees of chiefly South America
Synonyms:
Bombax; genus Bombax
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Bombax" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bombax"):
Bombax ceiba; Bombax malabarica; red silk-cotton tree; simal (East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok)
Holonyms ("genus Bombax" is a member of...):
Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)