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Noun: Bombax ceiba
  1. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok
    "The Bombax ceiba dominated the landscape with its massive trunk";
    - red silk-cotton tree, simal, Bombax malabarica

Type of: tree

Part of: Bombax, genus Bombax

Encyclopedia: Bombax ceiba