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ceiba

ceiba noun: any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.

ceiba: any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra
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Noun

ceiba (plural ceibas or ceiba)

  1. Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
  2. The silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba.

Proper noun capitalized: Ceiba

Ceiba

  1. A town and municipality in north-east Puerto Rico, named after the Ceiba tree genus.
  2. A barrio in Cidra municipality, Puerto Rico.
  3. A barrio in Las Piedras municipality, Puerto Rico.
  4. A barrio in Vega Baja municipality, Puerto Rico.

Forms of ceiba

pluralceibas
pluralceiba

Origin of ceiba

Borrowed from Spanish ceiba.

Questions about ceiba

What does ceiba mean?
Ceiba means any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
What part of speech is ceiba?
Ceiba can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ceiba?
The plural of ceiba is ceibas.

Words near ceiba in the dictionary

  1. CEH
  2. Ceheng
  3. Cehu Silvaniei
  4. CEI
  5. CEIAG
  6. ceiba
  7. ceibas
  8. Ceibhfhionn
  9. ceibo
  10. ceibos
  11. Ceica

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