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bombax family

[ bom-baks ]
/ ˈbɒm bæks /

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 bombȳx silkworm, silk <Greek bómbȳx silkworm; see bombycid

Words nearby bombax family

bombardier, bombardier beetle, bombardon, bombast, bombastic, bombax family, Bombay, Bombay duck, Bombay hemp, Bombay Hills, bombazine
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