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Definition of Ceibo
1. Noun. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
Generic synonyms: Coral Tree, Erythrina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceibo
Literary usage of Ceibo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"The lana de ceibo, or ceibo wool, is the product of a very high and tufted tree
of that name. ... will entitle it rather to be called ceibo filk than wool. ..."
2. A Voyage to South America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns by Antonio de Ulloa, John Adams (1806)
"THE lana de ceibo, or ceibo wool, is the product of a very high and tufted tree
of that name. ... will entitle it rather to be called ceibo filk than wool. ..."
3. A Voyage to South-America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns by Antonio de Ulloa (1758)
"... yet jointly are equal to any one of the former, as tobacco, wax, Guinea pepper,
drugs, and lana de ceibo, by which great numbers of the lower ..."
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