Noun: ceiba tree
- Massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fibre
"The ancient ceiba tree dominated the village square";
- kapok, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, God tree, Ceiba pentandra
Derived forms: ceiba trees
Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree
Encyclopedia: Ceiba tree