SILK-COTTON TREE

Meaning of SILK-COTTON TREE in English

[silk-cotton tree] n (1712): any of various tropical trees (family Bombacaceae, the silk-cotton family) with palmate leaves and large fruits with the seeds enveloped by silk cotton; esp: ceiba 1

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SILK-COTTON TREE — noun Date: 1712 any of various tropical trees (family Bombacaceae, the silk-cotton family) with palmate leaves and large fruits with …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
SILK-COTTON TREE — /silk"kot'n/ any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SILK COTTON TREE — American cotton tree, tree that belongs to the Ceiba family
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SILK-COTTON TREE — Date: 1712 : any of various tropical trees (family Bombacaceae, the silk-cotton family) with palmate leaves and large fruits with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SILK-COTTON TREE — Function: noun Date: 1712 : any of various tropical trees (family Bombacaceae, the silk-cotton family) with palmate leaves and large …
Merriam Webster Collegiate 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
SILK-COTTON TREE — (ботаника) шерстяное дерево (Eriodendron) (ботаника) капок (Ceiba)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SILK-COTTON (TREE) — ( n ) бот. 1. шерстяное дерево ( Eriodendron ) 2. капок ( Ceiba )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SILK-COTTON (TREE) — ( n ) бот. 1. шерстяное дерево ( Eriodendron ) 2. капок ( Ceiba )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SILK-COTTON (TREE) — ( n ) бот. 1. шерстяное дерево ( Eriodendron ) 2. капок ( Ceiba )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SILK-COTTON TREE — (ботаника) шерстяное дерево (Eriodendron) (ботаника) капок (Ceiba)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TREE — I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self-supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in most species the trunk …
Английский словарь Британика
SILK — Animal fibre produced by certain insects as building material for cocoons and webs. In commercial use it refers almost entirely …
Английский словарь Британика
COTTON — I Seed-hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium , in the mallow family , native to most subtropical …
Английский словарь Британика
TREE — I. ˈtrē noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tre, tree, from Old English trēow; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILK — I. ˈsilk, ˈsiu̇k noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English selk, silk, from Old English sioloc, seolc, probably of Baltic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COTTON — I. ˈkät ə n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coton, from Middle French, from Arabic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREE — — treelike , adj. /tree/ , n. , v. , treed, treeing . n. 1. a plant having a permanently …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SILK — — silklike , adj. /silk/ , n. 1. the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COTTON — /kot"n/ , n. 1. a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SILK — adj. resembling silk; pertaining to silk; made from silk
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SILK — n. fibers produced by silkworms; thread or fabric made from silk fibers; garment of silk; gown worn by a King's …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TREE — I. ˈtrē noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English trēow; akin to Old Norse trē tree, Greek drys, Sanskrit dāru …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SILK — I. ˈsilk noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English seolc, sioluc, probably ultimately from Greek sērikos silken …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COTTON — I. ˈkä-t ə n noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coton, from Anglo-French cotun, from Old Italian cotone, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREE — noun wood; timber. 2. tree ·noun a cross or gallows; as tyburn tree. 3. tree ·vt to drive to a …
Webster English vocab
SILK — noun hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material. 2. silk ·noun that which resembles silk, as the …
Webster English vocab
COTTON — noun cloth made of cotton. 2. cotton ·noun the cotton plant. ·see cotten plant, below. 3. cotton ·vi to rise …
Webster English vocab
TREE — [tree] n [ME, fr. OE treow; akin to ON tre tree, Gk drys, Skt daru wood] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SILK — [silk] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE seolc, prob. ultim. fr. Gk serikos silken--more at sericeous] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COTTON — [cot.ton] n, often attrib [ME coton, fr. MF, fr. Ar qutun] (14c) 1 a: a soft usu. white fibrous substance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TREE — woody plant that renews its growth every year (called a perennial). Most plants classified as trees have a single self-supporting …
Britannica English vocabulary
COTTON — seed-hair fibre of a variety of plants of the genus Gossypium, belonging to the Malvaceae family and native to most …
Britannica English vocabulary
SILK — silk, Silk BrE AmE sɪlk ▷ silks sɪlks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COTTON — cotton, C~ BrE AmE ˈkɒt ə n AmE ˈkɑːt ə n ▷ cotton|s z ▶ ˌ cotton ˈ candy BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TREE — / triː; NAmE / noun a tall plant that can live a long time. Trees have a thick central wooden …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SILK — / sɪlk; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] fine soft thread produced by silkworms 2. [ U ] a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COTTON — / ˈkɒtn; NAmE ˈkɑːtn/ noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. a plant grown in warm countries for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREE — tree S1 W1 /triː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: treow ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SILK — silk /sɪlk/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: seolc ] 1 . [uncountable] a thin smooth soft …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COTTON — I. cot ‧ ton 1 W3 /ˈkɒtn $ ˈkɑːtn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TREE — n. & v. 1 a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SILK — n. 1 a fine strong soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons. 2 a similar fibre spun by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COTTON — n. & v. --n. 1 a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TREE — n. & v. 1 a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SILK — n. 1 a fine strong soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons. 2 a similar fibre spun by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COTTON — n. & v. n. 1 a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TREE — n. & v. 1. a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
Oxford English vocab
SILK — n.1 a fine strong soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons. 2 a similar fibre spun by some …
Oxford English vocab
COTTON — n. & v. --n. 1. a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full …
Oxford English vocab
SILK — ( silks) Silk is a substance which is made into smooth fine cloth and sewing thread. You can also refer …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COTTON — ( cottons, cottoning, cottoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Cotton is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COTTON — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Cotton is a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TREE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a Christmas tree (= a decorated tree that people have in their homes at Christmas …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SILK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a silk flower ▪ She wore a huge silk flower in her hair. a silk/cotton/velvet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COTTON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a silk/cotton/velvet etc dress ▪ Ellie chose a green silk dress. cotton bud cotton candy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SILK — [noun] [U] - a delicate, soft cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the thread itselfa silk dressa …
Cambridge English vocab
TREE — n. big tree bodhi tree bo tree Christmas tree deciduous tree Joshua Tree National Park monkey puzzle tree phylogenetic tree …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SILK — n. Animal fibre produced by certain insects as building material for cocoons and webs. In commercial use it refers almost …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COTTON — n. cotton bollworm Cotton Belt Cotton Club cotton gin Cotton John Cotton Sir Robert Bruce King Cotton Mather Cotton
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COTTON — n. Seed-hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium , in the mallow family , native to most subtropical …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TREE — Synonyms and related words : Stammbaum, acacia, ailanthus, alder, alligator pear, allspice, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, avocado, ax, balsa, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SILK — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ delicate , fine , thin ▪ soft ▪ pure ▪ artificial ▪ rich ▪ a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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