Akademik

ceiba tree

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, ↑silk-cotton tree, ↑white silk-cotton tree, ↑Bombay ceiba, ↑God tree, ↑Ceiba pentandra

• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree

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noun

see ceiba 2a

Useful english dictionary. 2012.