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silk-cotton tree meaning in Sanskrit

शल्मलि śalmalí

silk-cotton tree in Sanskrit: शल्मलि (śalmalí), शिम्बल (śimbala). In English, silk-cotton tree means bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.

Sanskrit words for silk-cotton tree

silk-cotton tree
शल्मलि śalmalí, शिम्बल śimbala

English meaning of silk-cotton tree

  1. noun Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
  2. noun Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa.
  3. noun Cochlospermum religiosum, native to the Asian tropics.

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What is the meaning of silk-cotton tree in Sanskrit?
Silk-cotton tree in Sanskrit is शल्मलि (śalmalí), शिम्बल (śimbala).
silk-cotton tree इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Silk-cotton tree: शल्मलि (śalmalí), शिम्बल (śimbala).
What does silk-cotton tree mean in English?
Silk-cotton tree means bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “silk-cotton tree”: शल्मलि, शिम्बल. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: silk-cotton tree (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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