Akademik

simal

noun

East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok

• Syn: ↑red silk-cotton tree, ↑Bombax ceiba, ↑Bombax malabarica

• Hypernyms: ↑tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bombax, ↑genus Bombax

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\\ˈsēməl\ noun (-s)

Etymology: Hindi semal

1. : an East Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax malabarica) that yields a fiber inferior to kapok

2. : the fiber of the simal tree — called also red silk cotton

Useful english dictionary. 2012.