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    GENUS BOMBAX

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Trees of chiefly South Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    Bombax; genus Bombax

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Bombax"):

    Bombax ceiba; Bombax malabarica; red silk-cotton tree; simal (East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok)

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

    Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)

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