silk-cotton tree

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Noun

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