noun
massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
• Syn: ↑kapok, ↑ceiba tree, ↑silk-cotton tree, ↑white silk-cotton tree, ↑God tree, ↑Ceiba pentandra
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
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nounsee ceiba
Useful english dictionary. 2012.