Ceiba
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
silk cotton; kapok.
a seaport in N Honduras.
Historical Examples
noun
any bombacaceous tropical tree of the genus Ceiba, such as the silk-cotton tree
silk cotton; kapok
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