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    GOD TREE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 fiberplay

    Synonyms:

    Bombay ceiba; Ceiba pentandra; ceiba tree; God tree; kapok; silk-cotton tree; white silk-cotton tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("God tree" is a kind of...):

    angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

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