bombax
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- trees of chiefly South AmericaSynonyms: Bombaxgenus Bombax
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Bombax \Bom"bax\, n. [LL., cotton. See Bombast, n.] (Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax. [1913 Webster]