bombaxn.

/ˈbɒmbaks/

Etymology: Altered from Latin bombyx raw silk; see bombace n.

A genus of tropical trees (family Sterculiaceæ), which bear a fruit containing seeds surrounded by a beautiful silky fibre; esp. B. Ceiba, the Silk-cotton tree of West Indies.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > silk-cotton trees

gossipine1589

gossampine1601

cotton tree1670

god tree1681

silk-cotton tree1712

kapok1735

semul1809

ceiba1810

wool-tree1831

bombax1834

munguba1863

cabbage wood1885

1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Phys. Geogr. 46 Humboldt measured..a bombax ceiba more than 120 feet high.

1863 Wanderings W. Africa I. 143 Scattered with tall Bentangs or Bombax trees.

1884 Edinb. Rev. July 159 Stately bombaxes, flecked with the snowy tufts of their bursting seed-pods.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	bombax
释义	bombaxn. /ˈbɒmbaks/ Etymology: Altered from Latin bombyx raw silk; see bombace n. A genus of tropical trees (family Sterculiaceæ), which bear a fruit containing seeds surrounded by a beautiful silky fibre; esp. B. Ceiba, the Silk-cotton tree of West Indies. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > bombax trees bombax1834 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > silk-cotton trees gossipine1589 gossampine1601 cotton tree1670 god tree1681 silk-cotton tree1712 kapok1735 semul1809 ceiba1810 wool-tree1831 bombax1834 munguba1863 cabbage wood1885 1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Phys. Geogr. 46 Humboldt measured..a bombax ceiba more than 120 feet high. 1863 Wanderings W. Africa I. 143 Scattered with tall Bentangs or Bombax trees. 1884 Edinb. Rev. July 159 Stately bombaxes, flecked with the snowy tufts of their bursting seed-pods. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1834
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