Bombax-family
the 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.
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a seaport in and the capital of Maharashtra, in W India, on the Arabian Sea. a former state in W India: divided in 1960 into the Gujarat and Maharashtra states. a state in W central India. 118,903 sq. mi. (307,959 sq. km). Capital: Bombay. Contemporary Examples The Political Passion of Robin Williams, From Reagan-Bashing to […]
- Bombay-duck
a small lizardfish, Harpadon nehereus, inhabiting river mouths and estuaries of Asia. (in India) the flesh of this fish, impregnated with asafetida, dried, salted, and used as a condiment or relish, especially with curry. noun a teleost fish, Harpodon nehereus, that resembles and is related to the lizard fishes: family Harpodontidae. It is eaten dried […]
- Bombay-hemp
sunn. a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc. the fiber. noun a leguminous plant, Crotalaria juncea, of the East Indies, having yellow flowers the hemplike fibre obtained from the inner […]
- Bombay-hills
plural noun a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
- Bombazeen
a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear. Historical Examples Loss and Gain John Henry Newman noun a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning n.