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Definition of silk-cotton tree in English: silk-cotton treenoun A tree which produces silk cotton. Two species in the family Bombacaceae: the Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) and the ceiba Example sentencesExamples - Along the inner and outer ditch sides of the walls of Old Owu silk-cotton trees were planted at regular intervals of about 150 metres, though they were also planted in groups.
- These kapok or silk-cotton trees belong to the Bombax family, Bombacaceae, which includes many fascinating, handsome and much admired trees.
- It is this spot that is featured in movies, simply because of the massive silk-cotton trees that literally grow out of the stone monuments as one can see from the pictures.
- It has a preference for residing in the silk-cotton tree because the silky fibres of the seedpods resemble its coat and may act to camouflage it from predators.
- The next morning I woke up after a deep sleep and lay in bed, lazily looking out of the window at the silk-cotton tree where birds were translating the morning breeze into tunes.
Definition of silk-cotton tree in US English: silk-cotton treenoun A tree that produces silk cotton (kapok). Two species in the family Bombacaceae: the Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) and the ceiba Example sentencesExamples - It is this spot that is featured in movies, simply because of the massive silk-cotton trees that literally grow out of the stone monuments as one can see from the pictures.
- These kapok or silk-cotton trees belong to the Bombax family, Bombacaceae, which includes many fascinating, handsome and much admired trees.
- The next morning I woke up after a deep sleep and lay in bed, lazily looking out of the window at the silk-cotton tree where birds were translating the morning breeze into tunes.
- It has a preference for residing in the silk-cotton tree because the silky fibres of the seedpods resemble its coat and may act to camouflage it from predators.
- Along the inner and outer ditch sides of the walls of Old Owu silk-cotton trees were planted at regular intervals of about 150 metres, though they were also planted in groups.
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