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Trees of chiefly South America
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bombax
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bombax \Bom"bax\, n. [LL., cotton. See Bombast , n.] (Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree ; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any member of the genus (taxlink Bombax genus noshow=1) of tropical trees in the mallow family.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bombax is a genus of mainly tropical trees in the mallow family . They are native to western Africa , the Indian subcontinent , Southeast Asia , as well as subtropical regions of East Asia and northern Australia . Distinguish from the genus Ceiba which ...