| NOUN | plant | Ceiba pentandra, kapok, ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree | massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | kapok, ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree | |
| Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
| Spanish | ceiba, ceiba pentandra | |
| Catalan | capoquer, ceiba pentandra | |
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