silk-cotton tree

Definition of Silk-cotton Tree in English :

Noun

1. bombay ceiba, ceiba pentandra, ceiba tree, god tree, kapok, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Silk-cotton Tree

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noun

any of several tropical bombacaceous trees of the genus Ceiba, esp Ceiba pentandra, having seeds covered with silky hairs from which kapok is obtained

. Also called: kapok tree

Silk-cotton Tree

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any of several large, tropical, trees (genera Bombax and Ceiba) of the bombax family that have capsular fruits with silky hairs around the seeds

Silk-cotton Tree

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n.

1. See kapok tree.

2. Any of several trees having seeds surrounded by silky hairs, especially Bombax ceiba of tropical Asia.

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