CEIBA PENTANDRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ceiba pentandra mean? 

• CEIBA PENTANDRA (noun)
  The noun CEIBA PENTANDRA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CEIBA PENTANDRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEIBA PENTANDRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("Ceiba pentandra" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)