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Bombax

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Bom´bax
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.
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Noun1.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


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