Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of silk-cotton trees, natural order Malvaceæ, chiefly natives of tropical America.
- noun [lowercase] Same as
bombazine . - noun [lowercase] A plant of the genus Bombax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the
silkcotton tree ; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun trees of chiefly South America
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Examples
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Yet other trees in the Bombax family have spectacular flowers and are cultivated as ornamentals.
Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008
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These kapok or silk-cotton trees belong to the Bombax family, Bombacaceae, which includes many fascinating, handsome and much admired trees.
Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008
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These kapok or silk-cotton trees belong to the Bombax family, Bombacaceae, which includes many fascinating, handsome and much admired trees.
Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008
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Yet other trees in the Bombax family have spectacular flowers and are cultivated as ornamentals.
Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008
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Prominent tree species include Lecythis odora, Lecythis turbinata, brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa, rare in this area), Cenostigma tocantina, Bombax tocantinum, and the large liana Bauhinia bombaciflora.
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Successional role of Bombax ceiba in savannas in Nepal.
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Among the grasses are numerous forbs and scattered trees of Bombax ceiba a dominant of savanna woodland, Dillenia indica in the swamp forest, Careya arborea and Emblica officinalis.
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Annual burning seems to maintain the grasslands but semal Bombax ceiba, the only fire resistant tree, is encroaching this habitat.
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There is also a variety of tree and shrub species such as Dillenia pentagyna which dominates the swamp forest, silk cotton Bombax ceiba a dominant of the savanna woodland, and Phyllanthus emblica, and shrub species of Clerodendrum, Leea, Grewia, Premna, Mussaenda, Sonchus, Osbekia and Blumera.
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Other important tree species in the mixed deciduous community included Millettia brandisiana (6.7 percent), Lagestroemia cochinchinensis (4.1 percent), Bombax kerrii (3.0 percent), and Afzelia xylocarpa (2.3 percent).
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