- bombax cotton
- noun
or bombax floss
: a fiber obtained from the bombax
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
bombax cotton
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bombax cotton — also called tree cotton, or vegetable down seed floss of various trees of the Bombax genus of the Malvaceae family; the plants grow in tropical countries and are cultivated in the West Indies and Brazil. The seed floss s individual fibres … Universalium
bombax floss — noun see bombax cotton … Useful english dictionary
Bombax — Bom bax, n. [LL., cotton. See {Bombast}, n.] (Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the {silkcotton tree}; also, a tree of the genus Bombax. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
BOMBAX — Italis Bombace, Gallis Cotton, gossipium est, lana vel lanugo xyli; i. e. gossipii fruticis, de quo Plin. l. 19. c. 1. ἐριόξυλον, Ulpiano l. 70. Si cui lana legetur, §. 9. D. de legat. 3. ubi ligneam lanam reddit: Origo vocis a voce Bombyx, quâ… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
BOMBAX CEIBA L. - БОМБАКС КАПОКОВЫЙ — см. 624. Дерево. В. ceiba L. Б. капоковый Sp.pl.(1753) 511. Merrill 3 (1923) 43. Robyns (1963) 88, f. S y n. В. heptaphylla Cav.; В. malabaricum DC. Burkill (1935); Salmalia malabarica Schott. et Edudl.; Melaleuca grandiflora Blanco; Gossypium… … Справочник растений
Cotton Tree — may refer to: The flowering plant, Hibiscus tiliaceus is sometimes known as the Cotton Tree. Various members of the botanical family Bombacaceae (genus Bombax) are often called Silk cotton tree. Kapok, Java cotton tree. Cotton Tree (Sierra Leone) … Wikipedia
bombax — [bäm′baks΄] adj. 〚ModL < ML, cotton: see BOMBAST〛 designating a family (Bombacaceae, order Malvales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees, including the kapok tree, baobab, and balsa * * * … Universalium
bombax — [bäm′baks΄] adj. [ModL < ML, cotton: see BOMBAST] designating a family (Bombacaceae, order Malvales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees, including the kapok tree, baobab, and balsa … English World dictionary
Bombax ceiba — taxobox name = Cotton tree image caption = Cotton tree with only flowers in spring regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Malvales familia = Malvaceae genus = Bombax species = B.… … Wikipedia
Bombax buonopozense — taxobox name = Gold Coast Bombax image caption = Greenhouse grown specimen in Münster, Germany status = LR/lc status ref = cite journal| last = Beentje| first = Henk|coauthor=Sara Smith| title = Plant Systematics and Phytogeography for the… … Wikipedia
