Meaning Of The Word Silk-cotton tree
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Silk-cotton tree Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Silk-cotton tree?
silk-cotton tree in American English
any of several large, tropical, trees (genera Bombax and Ceiba) of the bombax family that have capsular fruits with silky hairs around the seeds noun: any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, esp. C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained silk-cotton tree in British English noun: any of several tropical bombacaceous trees of the genus Ceiba, esp Ceiba pentandra, having seeds covered with silky hairs from which kapok is obtained |
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