Definition of Genus ceiba

1. Noun. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.

Exact synonyms: Ceiba
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Bombacaceae, Family Bombacaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ceiba

genus Catha
genus Catharacta
genus Catharanthus
genus Cathartes
genus Cathaya
genus Catoptrophorus
genus Catostomus
genus Cattleya
genus Caulophyllum
genus Cavia
genus Cebuella
genus Cebus
genus Cecropia
genus Cedrela
genus Cedrus
genus Ceiba
genus Celastrus
genus Celosia
genus Celtis
genus Cenchrus
genus Centaurea
genus Centaurium
genus Centranthus
genus Centrocercus
genus Centrolobium
genus Centropomus
genus Centropristis
genus Centropus
genus Centrosema
genus Centunculus

Literary usage of Genus ceiba

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Voyage of a Vice-chancellor by Arthur Everett Shipley, Bruce Rogers (1919)
"In Spanish-speaking colonies it is more often known as ceiba, though the name ceiba is often applied to other species of the genus Ceiba, and often to some ..."

2. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1916)
"Uses.—Fish-net floats; light household implements. Supply.—Scattered in dry regions, scarce. Genus CEIBA. C. pentandra Gaertn. KAPOK. ..."

3. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture by Jamaica Department of Agriculture, Jamaica, Dept. of Agriculture, William Fawcett (1907)
"One fact of some significance is that of the nine species of the genus Ceiba recognized by K. Schumann in Engler ..."

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