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Bombax
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Bom′bax
,Noun.
[LL., cotton. See ]
Bombast
, Noun.
(Bot.)
A genus of trees, called also the
silkcotton tree
; also, a tree of the genus Bombax. Definition 2024
Bombax
Bombax
See also: bombax
Translingual
Proper noun
Bombax n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – the cotton trees, of tropical and subtropical environments in the Old World and Australia.
Usage notes
- Formerly included species now in genus Ceiba.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Malvales - order; Malvaceae - family; Bombacoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Bombax ceiba - type species; Bombax buonopozense, Bombax costatum, Bombax insigne, Bombax mossambicense - species; for species formerly included see Bombax at The Plant List
bombax
bombax
See also: Bombax
English
Noun
bombax (plural bombaxes)
Synonyms
- (tree in Bombax): cotton tree
See also
- bombax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bombax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βομβάξ (bombáx).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbom.baks/
Interjection
bombax!
References
- bombax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- BOMBAX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bombax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.