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Definition of Bombax
1. Noun. Trees of chiefly South America.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Bombacaceae, Family Bombacaceae
Member holonyms: Bombax Ceiba, Bombax Malabarica, Red Silk-cotton Tree, Simal
Definition of Bombax
1. n. A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.
Definition of Bombax
1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Bombax'' of tropical trees in the mallow family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bombax
1. pertaining to a family of tropical trees [adj]
Medical Definition of Bombax
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombax
Literary usage of Bombax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"In its physical appearance, bombax cotton differs from true cotton in not possessing
any spiral twist and showing irregular thickenings of the cell-wall; ..."
2. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1907)
"bombax Cotton.—Besides the cotton derived from the ordinary species of the ...
Owing to its weakness and lack of elasticity, bombax cotton is not used by ..."
3. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods: As Also the Forests of India and by Edward Balfour (1862)
"bombax insigne, see p. 53. ... bombax pentandra, see Pegu timber trees. Bombay,
see Acacia amara, ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"bombax malabaricum, Dec-bombax ... Linn., the common bombax or wool tree, indigenous
to the East and West Indies. The lint enclosing the seed is also used ..."
5. Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1843)
"... large plant of the arum kind, the Caladium pinnatifidum—a banis- teria—two
species of bombax—and others quite new to me. My servant shot several birds. ..."
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