1. tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear; [syn: shaving-brush tree, Pseudobombax ellipticum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pseudobombax ellipticum
n 1: tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers
with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches
before leaves appear [syn: shaving-brush tree,
Pseudobombax ellipticum]