Definition of Bombax ceiba

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

Exact synonyms: Bombax Malabarica, Red Silk-cotton Tree, Simal
Group relationships: Bombax, Genus Bombax
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombax Ceiba

Boltonia
Boltzmann
Boltzmann's constant
Boltzmann brain
Boltzmann brains
Boltzmann constant
Boltzmann distribution law
Boltzmannian
Bolzano
Bomarea
Bomarea edulis
Bomarea salsilla
Bomb
Bombacaceae
Bombardier
Bombax ceiba
Bombax malabarica
Bombay
Bombay cat
Bombay cats
Bombay ceiba
Bombay duck
Bombay hemp
Bombay mix
Bombay phenomenon
Bombay trait
Bombayite
Bombayites
Bombays
Bomber Harris

Literary usage of Bombax ceiba

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1849)
"Petals five, connected at the base with the column of the THE Silk Cotton Tree (bombax ceiba) is a native of South America and the West Indies, ..."

2. Dining and Its Amenities by John William Severin Gouley (1907)
"... "The bombax ceiba, a large tree often dug out for canoes bv the people of Yucatan, is native of the tropical regions of Mexico and South America, ..."

3. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1907)
"This is also produced in the West Indies and other parts of tropical America. In bombax ceiba the fibre has a length of from 1 to 1.5 cm., ..."

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