CEIBA

Meaning of CEIBA in English

[ 'sʌɪbə ]

■ noun a very tall tropical American tree from which kapok is obtained. [ Ceiba pentandra .]

Origin

via Sp. from Taino, lit. 'giant tree'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CEIBA — noun Etymology: Spanish, probably from Taino ceíba Date: 1764 a massive tropical tree ( Ceiba pentandra ) of the silk-cotton …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CEIBA — ˈsābə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish, probably of Arawakan origin; akin to Taino ceyba 1. capitalized : a large …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CEIBA — /say"beuh/ or, for 2, /suy"-/ ; Sp. /thay"vah, say"-/ , n. , pl. ceibas /-beuhz/ ; Sp. /-vahs/ . 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CEIBA — n. genus of about five to ten kinds of large tropical trees; silk cotton tree; kapok
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CEIBA — noun Etymology: Spanish, probably from Taino ceíba Date: 1764 1. : a massive tropical tree ( Ceiba pentandra ) of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CEIBA — [cei.ba] n [Sp] (1790) 1: a massive tropical tree (Ceiba pentandra) of the silk-cotton family with large pods filled with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CEIBA — Classification: Zona Urbana Located in: Puerto Rico (PR) Total Population (2000): 6277 Total Housing Units (2000): 2462 Land Area (square …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
CEIBA — Classification: Municipio Located in: Puerto Rico (PR) Total Population (2000): 18004 Total Housing Units (2000): 6742 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
CEIBA — Classification: Comunidad Located in: Puerto Rico (PR) Total Population (2000): 3698 Total Housing Units (2000): 1297 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
CEIBA — сейба пятитычинковая, капоковое дерево (Ceiba pentandra), хлопковое дерево (Ceiba pentandra)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CEIBA — сейба пятитычинковая, капоковое дерево ( Ceiba pentandra ) , хлопковое дерево ( Ceiba pentandra )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CEIBA — n. Pronunciation: ' s ā -b ə Function: noun Etymology: Spanish, probably from Taino ceíba Date: 1764 1 : a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CEIBA TREE — noun see ceiba 2a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOMBAY CEIBA — noun see ceiba
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LA CEIBA — city, northern Honduras. It lies along the Gulf of Honduras, in a lush, hot valley at the foot of 7,989-foot …
Britannica English vocabulary
KAPOK — noun Etymology: Malay Date: circa 1750 a mass of silky fibers that invest the seeds of the ceiba tree and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KAPOK — Fibre obtained from the large, tropical silk cotton, or kapok, tree ( Ceiba pentandra , family Bombacaceae), which bears hundreds …
Английский словарь Британика
GOD TREE — noun see ceiba
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOOL TREE — noun : a tree of the genus Ceiba ; especially : ceiba 2a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILK-COTTON TREE — noun : a tree of the family Bombacaceae that produces silk cotton: as a. : ceiba 2a b. : simal
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POCHOTE — pəˈchōd.ē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl pochotl 1. a. : any of several trees of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KAPOK — noun also ca·poc ˈkāˌpäk ( -s ) Etymology: Malay kapok : a mass of silky fibers that clothe the seeds …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COTTON TREE — noun 1. : any of various trees belonging to the genera Bombax and Ceiba ; especially : ceiba 2a 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CEIBO — ˈsā(ˌ)bō noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish, ceibo, ceiba tree, from Spanish ceiba 1. : a So. American shrub …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILK-COTTON TREE — ■ noun a tree which produces kapok. [ Bombax ceiba (India) and Ceiba pentandra (the ceiba, tropical America).]
Concise Oxford English vocab
KAPOK — ( Ceiba pentandra ) also called Java cotton, ceiba, or Java kapok seed-hair fibre obtained from the fruit of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOMBAX COTTON — also called Tree Cotton, or Vegetable Down, seed floss of various trees of the Bombax genus of the Bombacaceae family; …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOMBACACEAE — the bombax or kapok family of flowering trees and shrubs, in the mallow order (Malvales), comprising 27 genera. It is …
Britannica English vocabulary
KAPOK-TREE — бот. капок (Ceiba pentandra) (ботаника) капок (Ceiba pentandra)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ХЛОПКОВОЕ ДЕРЕВО — 1) (Bombax) bombax 2) (Ceiba pentandra) ceiba 3) (Seiba) silk cotton
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
КАПОКОВОЕ ДЕРЕВО — (Ceiba pentandra) ceiba
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
KAPOK-TREE — бот. капок (Ceiba pentandra) (ботаника) капок (Ceiba pentandra)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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