"silk-cotton tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silk-cotton trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} silk-cotton tree (plural silk-cotton trees)
  1. (botany) Any of several large tropical trees:
    Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
    Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Mallow family plants Synonyms: ceiba, kapok tree, mumian, red cotton tree, silk cotton tree Hypernyms: tree Related terms: kapok
    Sense id: en-silk-cotton_tree-en-noun-XcBp21pp Disambiguation of Mallow family plants: 52 26 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 29 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 19 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 57 22 21 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (botany) Any of several large tropical trees:
    Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa.
    Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-silk-cotton_tree-en-noun-tXtdY5LO Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (botany) Any of several large tropical trees:
    Cochlospermum religiosum, native to the Asian tropics.
    Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-silk-cotton_tree-en-noun-qULL~Hmu Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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