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GENUS CEIBA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers
Synonyms:
Ceiba; genus Ceiba
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Ceiba" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Holonyms ("genus Ceiba" is a member of...):
Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)