CEIBA


Meaning of CEIBA in English

/say"beuh/ or, for 2, /suy"-/ ; Sp. /thay"vah, say"-/ , n. , pl. ceibas /-beuhz/ ; Sp. /-vahs/ .

1. the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.

2. silk cotton; kapok.

[ 1805-15; ceyba or its cognate in another Arawakan language ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .