CEIBA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Ceiba mean? • CEIBA (noun)
The noun CEIBA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers
Familiarity information: CEIBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CEIBA (noun)
Meaning:
Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ceiba; genus Ceiba
Hypernyms ("Ceiba" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Holonyms ("Ceiba" is a member of...):
Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)
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