ceiba

cei·ba

C0184500 (sā′bə)n. See kapok tree.

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[Spanish, probably of Taíno origin.]

ceiba

(ˈseɪbə) n1. (Plants) any bombacaceous tropical tree of the genus Ceiba, such as the silk-cotton tree2. (Textiles) silk cotton; kapok[C19: from New Latin, from Spanish, of Arawak origin]

cei•ba

(ˈseɪ bə or, for 2, ˈsaɪ-)

n., pl. -bas. 1. a silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra. 2. silk cotton; kapok. [1805–15; < Sp < Taino ceyba or a cognate in another Arawakan language]

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Ceiba - tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowersgenus Ceibadilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsBombacaceae, family Bombacaceae - tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds

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