ceiban.

/ˈsʌɪbə/

Etymology: Spanish/θeˈiba/; possibly < a language of the West Indies.

The God-tree, Silk Cotton-tree of the West Indies, Eriodendron anfractuosum ( Bombax ceiba). (Miller.)

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > silk-cotton trees

gossipine1589

gossampine1601

cotton tree1670

god tree1681

silk-cotton tree1712

kapok1735

semul1809

ceiba1810

wool-tree1831

bombax1834

munguba1863

cabbage wood1885

1810 S. Rogers Voy. Columbus vii. 30 Ceiba, and Indian fig, and plane sublime.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. ii. iv. 280 He gave three cuts with his sword on a large ceiba tree, which grew in the place.

1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xvi. 3 The ceiba with its large yellow flowers.

1879 J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima & Brit. Guiana 63 One who..kneels before an oak as the wild Indian does before his ceiba.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ceiba
释义	ceiban. /ˈsʌɪbə/ Etymology: Spanish/θeˈiba/; possibly < a language of the West Indies. The God-tree, Silk Cotton-tree of the West Indies, Eriodendron anfractuosum ( Bombax ceiba). (Miller.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > silk-cotton trees gossipine1589 gossampine1601 cotton tree1670 god tree1681 silk-cotton tree1712 kapok1735 semul1809 ceiba1810 wool-tree1831 bombax1834 munguba1863 cabbage wood1885 1810 S. Rogers Voy. Columbus vii. 30 Ceiba, and Indian fig, and plane sublime. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. ii. iv. 280 He gave three cuts with his sword on a large ceiba tree, which grew in the place. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xvi. 3 The ceiba with its large yellow flowers. 1879 J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima & Brit. Guiana 63 One who..kneels before an oak as the wild Indian does before his ceiba. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1810
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