HyperDic: red_silk-cotton_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression red silk-cotton tree:
NOUNplantred silk-cotton tree, simal, Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabaricaEast Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok
English > red silk-cotton tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningEast Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
Synonymssimal, Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica
Member ofBombax, genus BombaxTrees of chiefly South America
BroadertreeA tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown
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