| NOUN | plant | Bombax, genus Bombax | trees of chiefly South America |
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| Meaning | Trees of chiefly South America. | |
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| Synonym | genus Bombax | |
| Member of | Bombacaceae, family Bombacaceae | Tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds |
| Members | red silk-cotton tree, simal, Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica | East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
| Spanish | bombax, genus bombax | |
| Catalan | bombax, genus bombax | |
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