ceibas
- plural of ceiba.
Example Sentences
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Driving west from El Hormiguero toward the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, the road wends through ceibas, strangler figs, and sapodillas, a tree prized since Maya times for its chicle gum.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
The emerald coronels of the giant ceibas on the far lake verge burned softly with a ruddy glow.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
The vegetation was now of an altered character, the ceibas, lignum-vitæ trees, and creepers were here and there to be seen.
From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker
The banks of the Manzanares are very pleasant, and are shaded by mimosas, erythrinas, ceibas, and other trees of gigantic growth.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
In its vicinity are sugar plantations, tobacco fields, pineapples, cocoanuts, mangoes, royal palms, ceibas, peasants' homes, typical towns and villages, all the life of the people in the city and country.
From Cuba, Old and New by Robinson, Albert G. (Albert Gardner)
