Translingual

Ceiba pentandra

Proper noun

Ceiba f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – large trees of the tropics.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Malvales - order; Malvaceae - family; Bombacoideae - subfamily

Usage notes

• Includes several species formerly included in genus Bombax.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ceiba pentandra (kapok tree) - type species; for other species see Ceiba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons .
  • Ceiba sect. Campylanthera, Ceiba sect. Ceiba - sections

English

Noun

ceiba ‎(plural ceibas or ceiba)

1. Any tree of the species in genus Ceiba
2. The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba).

See also

• ceibo (Erythrina crista-galli)

Spanish

Etymology

From Taino.

Noun

ceiba f ‎(plural ceibas)

1. The silk-cotton tree.