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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bom′bax fam′ily (bom′baks),USA pronunciation - Plant Biologythe plant family Bombacaceae, typified by tropical deciduous trees having palmate leaves, large and often showy solitary or clustered flowers, and dry fruit with a woolly pulp, and including the baobab and silk-cotton tree.
- Greek bómbȳx silkworm; see bombycid
- Neo-Latin (Linnaeus): the silk-cotton tree genus; Medieval Latin: silk, cotton, alteration of Latin bombȳx silkworm, silk
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