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Bombacaceae

noun

tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds

• Syn: ↑family Bombacaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Malvales, ↑order Malvales

• Member Meronyms:

↑Bombax, ↑genus Bombax, ↑Adansonia, ↑genus Adansonia, ↑Ceiba, ↑genus Ceiba, ↑Durio, ↑genus Durio, ↑genus Montezuma, ↑Ochroma, ↑genus Ochroma, ↑Pseudobombax, ↑genus Pseudobombax

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\\ˌbämbəˈkāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Bombac-, Bombax, type genus + -aceae

: a widely distributed family of tropical trees (order Malvales) with palmate leaves and large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.