HyperDic: white_silk-cotton_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression white silk-cotton tree:
NOUNplantwhite silk-cotton tree, kapok, ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree, Ceiba pentandramassive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss
English > white silk-cotton tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningmassive 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.
Synonymskapok, ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree, Ceiba pentandra
Broaderangiospermous tree, flowering treeAny tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
Spanishceiba, ceiba pentandra
Catalancapoquer, ceiba pentandra

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