silk-cotton tree
silk-cotton tree noun: bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
Noun
silk-cotton tree (plural silk-cotton trees)
- Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
- Synonyms:
- kapok, ceiba, kapok tree, mumian, red cotton tree
- Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa.
- Synonyms:
- kapok, kapok tree, mapou, mumian
- Cochlospermum religiosum, native to the Asian tropics.
silk-cotton tree meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
silk-cotton tree in Hindi
- a silk-cotton tree
- सेमल semal
silk-cotton tree in Tamil
- சமணி, அயிகம்
silk-cotton tree in Marathi
- silk-cotton tree
- सावर sāvar
silk-cotton tree in Malayalam
- silk-cotton tree
- പൂള pūḷa
More languagesFewer languages
- silk-cotton tree in Kannada
- ಎಲವ, ಎಲವು, ಬೂರ, ಬೂರಗ
- silk-cotton tree in Gujarati
- શીમળો śīmaḷo
- silk-cotton tree in Sanskrit
- शल्मलि śalmalí, शिम्बल śimbala
Synonyms of silk-cotton tree
Forms of silk-cotton tree
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Questions about silk-cotton tree
- What does silk-cotton tree mean?
- Silk-cotton tree means bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
- What is silk-cotton tree in Hindi?
- Silk-cotton tree in Hindi is सेमल (semal). See Silk-cotton tree meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is silk-cotton tree?
- Silk-cotton tree is a noun.
- What is the plural of silk-cotton tree?
- The plural of silk-cotton tree is silk-cotton trees.
Words near silk-cotton tree in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: silk-cotton tree (page history and authors); सेमल (Hindi) (page history and authors); silk-cotton tree (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सावर (Marathi) (page history and authors); പൂള (Malayalam) (page history and authors); silk-cotton tree (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); શીમળો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); शल्मलि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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