| 单词 | silk-cotton tree |
| 释义 | silk-cotton tree[ silk-kot-n ] / ˈsɪlkˌkɒt n / nounany of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, especially C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained. Origin of silk-cotton treeFirst recorded in 1705–15 Words nearby silk-cotton treesiliquose, siliquose cataract, silk, silkaline, silk cotton, silk-cotton tree, silken, silk gland, silk hat, silkie, Silko Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for silk-cotton tree
British Dictionary definitions for silk-cotton treesilk-cotton tree nounany of several tropical bombacaceous trees of the genus Ceiba, esp Ceiba pentandra, having seeds covered with silky hairs from which kapok is obtainedAlso called: kapok tree Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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