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Definition of Genus ceiba
1. Noun. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Bombacaceae, Family Bombacaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ceiba
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 ..."