silk-cotton tree

== English == === Alternative forms === silk cotton tree === Noun === silk-cotton tree (plural silk-cotton trees) Any of several large tropical 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. ==== Translations ==== === References === silk-cotton tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia