HyperDic: bombax

English > 1 sense of the word Bombax:
NOUNplantBombax, genus Bombaxtrees of chiefly South America
English > Bombax: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTrees of chiefly South America.
Synonymgenus Bombax
Member ofBombacaceae, family BombacaceaeTropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds
Membersred silk-cotton tree, simal, Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabaricaEast Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishbombax, genus bombax
Catalanbombax, genus bombax

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