= gossampine, n.
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| 释义 | 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 (12) gossipine1589 = gossampine, n. gossampine1601 The shrub Bombax pentandrum. cotton tree1670 A name for various species of Bombax and Eriodendron. god tree1681 any of several trees that are regarded as sacred or as a gift of a god, esp. the bo tree, Ficus religiosa, of South and South East Asia, and the… silk-cotton tree1712 silk-cotton tree, one or other of various species of tropical trees belonging to the genera Bombax, Eriodendron, Ochroma, and Pachira, which… kapok1735 A large tropical tree, Ceiba casearia; silk cotton, the fibre produced from the soft covering of the seeds within its fruit, used to stuff… semul1809 The (red) cotton tree of Asia, Bombax ceiba (family Malvaceae), which has red flowers and seed capsules that contain white, cotton-like fibres (a… ceiba1810 The God-tree, Silk Cotton-tree of the West Indies, Eriodendron anfractuosum (Bombax ceiba). (Miller.) wool-tree1831 any species of Eriodendron. bombax1834 A genus of tropical trees (family Sterculiaceæ), which bear a fruit containing seeds surrounded by a beautiful silky fibre; esp. B. Ceiba, the… munguba1863 A South American silk cotton tree, Pseudobombax munguba (family Bombacaceae). cabbage wood1885 †(a) any of several kinds of wood used for decorative joinery; esp. that of the West Indian cabbage tree, Roystonia oleracea, and the cabbage bark… |
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