ceiba tree

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ceiba tree - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ceiba tree
      n 1: massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk
           and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss;
           source of the silky kapok fiber [syn: kapok, ceiba tree
           , silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree,
           Bombay ceiba, God tree, Ceiba pentandra]