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bombax

(ˈbɒmbæks)

a genus of trees (family Malvaceae), the most well-known species of which is the cotton tree

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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

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