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BOMBAX MALABARICA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombax malabarica mean?

• BOMBAX MALABARICA (noun)
The noun BOMBAX MALABARICA has 1 sense:

1. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok

Familiarity information: BOMBAX MALABARICA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BOMBAX MALABARICA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bombax ceiba; Bombax malabarica; red silk-cotton tree; simal

Hypernyms ("Bombax malabarica" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Bombax malabarica" is a member of...):

Bombax; genus Bombax (trees of chiefly South America)

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