» genus bombax
Noun (1 meaning)
1. trees of chiefly South America.
genus bombax is a type of:
- dilleniid dicot genus (noun) - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
genus bombax is a member of:
- Bombacaceae, family Bombacaceae (noun) - tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds
members of genus bombax:
- red silk-cotton tree, simal, Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica (noun) - East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok