- red silk-cotton tree
- nounEast Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok• Syn: ↑simal, ↑Bombax ceiba, ↑Bombax malabarica• Hypernyms: ↑tree• Member Holonyms: ↑Bombax, ↑genus Bombax
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red silk-cotton tree
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Bombax ceiba — noun East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok • Syn: ↑red silk cotton tree, ↑simal, ↑Bombax malabarica • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Bombax, ↑genus Bombax … Useful english dictionary
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