Bombacaceae

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a natural family of tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds.

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Bombacaceae - tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds family Bombacaceae dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Malvales, order Malvales - Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae Bombax, genus Bombax - trees of chiefly South America Adansonia, genus Adansonia - baobab; cream-of-tartar tree Ceiba, genus Ceiba - tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers Durio, genus Durio - a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae genus Montezuma - one species: medium-sized evergreen tree of Puerto Rico or Mexico genus Ochroma, Ochroma - one species: balsa genus Pseudobombax, Pseudobombax - tropical American deciduous shrubs or small trees