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bombax family
[ bom-baks ]
/ ËbÉm bĂŠks /
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noun
the plant family Bombacaceae, typified by tropical deciduous trees having palmate leaves, large and often showy solitary or clustered flowers, and dry fruit with a woolly pulp, and including the baobab and silk-cotton tree.
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Origin of bombax family
<New Latin (Linnaeus): the silk-cotton tree genus; Medieval Latin: silk, cotton, alteration of Latin bombyÌx silkworm, silk <Greek bĂłmbyÌx silkworm; see bombycid
Words nearby bombax family
bombardier beetle, bombardment, bombardon, bombast, bombastic, bombax family, Bombay, Bombay duck, Bombay hemp, Bombay Hills, bombazine
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