Bombax (redirected from Indian kapok tree)

Bom´bax

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(Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.

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Bombax - trees of chiefly South America genus Bombax dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Bombacaceae, family Bombacaceae - tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica, red silk-cotton tree, simal - East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok