ceiba tree

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ceiba tree - massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber

Bombay ceiba, Ceiba pentandra, God tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, kapok

angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

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angiospermous tree Bombay ceiba Ceiba pentandra flowering tree God tree kapok silk-cotton tree white silk-cotton tree			My introduction to the Mirador Rio-Azul Park made it vividly clear that in 2008 it was still possible to experience a true, vast, unpeopled wilderness, where tropical bird calls ring out instead of cell phones, and it's handier to distinguish the ceiba tree from the ramon than it is to tell a Lexus from a Hyundai. A tale of two wildernesses by Stoll, Michael / Earth Island Journal The largest and most impressive is without doubt the ceiba tree that towers above the forest canopy. Flora & fauna by Gill, Nicholas / Peru Adventure Guide The boy started telling us about how important bats are to maintaining the surrounding forest by pollinating the flowers of the ceiba trees, morning glory trees, agaves, and many other species, and dispersing the seeds of some soft-fleshed fruits, including those of the garambullo columnar cactus (Myrtillocactus geometrizans). Nightly wings, nectar sips by Medellin, Rodrigo A.; Walker, Steve / Endangered Species Update			Cedrine Cedriret Cedrus Cedrus atlantica Cedrus deodara Cedrus libani Cedry Cedule Ceduous cee CEEB Ceefax Ceeping crowfoot cefaclor cefadroxil Cefobid cefoperazone cefotaxime ceftazidime Ceftin ceftriaxone cefuroxime CEGB ceiba Ceiba pentandra ceiba tree ceibo ceil ceilidh ceiling Ceiling boards ceilinged ceilometer Ceint Ceinture cel Cela celadon celadonite Celaeno Celan celandine celandine poppy Celarent Celastraceae Celastric articulatus Celastrus Celastrus orbiculatus Celastrus scandens Celature Celaya			CEHR CEHRC CEHRD CEHRW CEHS CEHSO CEHSP CEHT CEHZ CEI CEI-PACT CEI-PEA CEI/FAC CEIA CEIA-SC CEIAB CEIAC CEIAD CEIAG CEIAT CEIB Ceiba Ceiba Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation Ceiba pentandra Ceiba pentandra ceiba tree Ceiba, La ceibas ceibas CEIBG ceibo ceibo CEIBS CEIBT CEIC CEICC CEICI CEICR CEICS CEICW CEID CEIDA CEIDARS CEIDOCT CEIDP CEIDR CEIDRE CEIDS CEIE CEIEAC CEIEC CEIEM

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