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==English==
==English==

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===Alternative forms===
* {{vern|silk cotton tree}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|head=[[silk]]-[[cotton]] [[tree]]}}
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# {{lb|en|botany}} Any of several large tropical trees:
# A large tropical tree ({{taxlink|Bombax ceiba|species|noshow=1}}).
## {{taxfmt|Bombax ceiba|species}}, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
##: {{syn|en|ceiba|kapok tree|mumian|red cotton tree}}
## {{taxfmt|Ceiba pentandra|species}}, native to the American tropics and west Africa.
## {{taxlink|Cochlospermum religiosum|species}}, native to the Asian tropics.


====Synonyms====
====Hypernyms====
* {{l|en|tree}}
* {{sense|Bombax ceiba}} {{l|en|ceiba}}, {{l|en|kapok tree}}, {{l|en|mumian}}, {{l|en|red cotton tree}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|kapok}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|tropical tree}}
{{trans-top|''Bombax ceiba''}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|valkokapokkio}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|木棉|tr=mùmián|sc=Hans}}
* Classical Nahuatl: {{t|nci|pōchōtl}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kapokkio}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|ceiba|f}}, {{t|es|kapok|m}}, {{t|es|capoc|m}}, {{t|es|pochote|m}} {{qualifier|Mexico}}, {{t|es|bonga|f}} {{qualifier|Colombia}}, {{t|es|lupuna|f}} {{qualifier|Peruvian Amazon}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|buboy}}
* Thai: {{t|th|สกุลงิ้ว|tr=sàgun ngíw}}
* Vietnamese: {{t-needed|vi}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|''Ceiba pentandra''}}
[[Category:en:Mallow family plants]]
* Finnish: {{t|fi|amazoninkapokkipuu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|''Cochlospermum religiosum''}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|kapok}}

===References===
* {{pedia}}

{{C|en|Mallow family plants}}

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silk-cotton tree (plural silk-cotton trees)

  1. (botany) Any of several large tropical trees:
    1. Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
      Synonyms: ceiba, kapok tree, mumian, red cotton tree
    2. Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa.
    3. Cochlospermum religiosum, native to the Asian tropics.

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