silkcotton tree
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“silkcotton tree” is listed under Bombax.
Bom′bax (…), noun
Origin: LL., cotton. See Bombast, noun
Botany A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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