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Definition of Bombaxes
1. bombax [n] - See also: bombax
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombaxes
Literary usage of Bombaxes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on the Natural History of the Strait of Magellan and West Coast of by Robert Oliver Cunningham (1871)
"... bombaxes, with trunks armed with strong prickles, and Mimosas, the exquisitely
delicate foliage of wliich appears most strikingly beautiful as seen ..."
2. The Kilima-Njaro Expedition: A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1886)
"The vegetation on the coast is fairly rich and luxuriant, and typical of the
tropics. There are fine forest trees—acacias, figs, baobabs, bombaxes, ..."
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