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    BOMBAX CEIBA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapokplay

    Synonyms:

    Bombax ceiba; Bombax malabarica; red silk-cotton tree; simal

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Bombax ceiba" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Holonyms ("Bombax ceiba" is a member of...):

    Bombax; genus Bombax (trees of chiefly South America)

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