| 单词 | silk-cotton tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilk-cotton tree 2. silk-cotton tree, one or other of various species of tropical trees belonging to the genera Bombax, Eriodendron, Ochroma, and Pachira, which produce silk-cotton, esp. B. malabaricum, Munguba, or Ceiba, and E. anfractuosum or orientale. Cf. cotton tree n. 1. ΘΚΠ 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 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 117 We found here some Guinea Pepper, and silk Cotton-Trees. 1781 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 168 This insect is most probably to be found in all countries where the silk-cotton-tree (Bombax) is indigenous. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. iv. 148 A silk-cotton tree.., the trunk of which, in its fourth year, had reached nearly two feet and a half in diameter. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 99 Herds of cattle grazed beneath the shade of huge silk-cotton trees. < as lemmas |
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