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Noun: Ceiba pentandra
  1. Massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fibre
    - kapok, ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Encyclopedia: Ceiba pentandra

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