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Definition of Bombax ceiba
1. Noun. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
Group relationships: Bombax, Genus Bombax
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombax Ceiba
Literary usage of Bombax ceiba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1849)
"Petals five, connected at the base with the column of the THE Silk Cotton
Tree (bombax ceiba) is a native of South America and the West Indies, ..."
2. Dining and Its Amenities by John William Severin Gouley (1907)
"... "The bombax ceiba, a large tree often dug out for canoes bv the people of
Yucatan, is native of the tropical regions of Mexico and South America, ..."
3. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1907)
"This is also produced in the West Indies and other parts of tropical America.
In bombax ceiba the fibre has a length of from 1 to 1.5 cm., ..."
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