kapok tree

Signification (Anglais)

1. Ceiba pentandra, a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.
2. The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), an Asian tree with red flowers.
3. Two trees with yellow flowers native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
4. Two trees with yellow flowers native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Concepts

kapokier

fromager

fromagé

arbre à kapok

ceiba

sumauma

Synonymes

silk-cotton tree

kapok

silk tree

cotton tree

Bombax malabarica

kapoktree

red silk cotton tree

red silk cottontree

simul tree

vegetable silk tree

kankantri

white silk cotton tree

silk cotton tree

Traductions

Ceiba pentandra

Kapokbaum

ceiba

ceibo

lupuna

lupuna

Bombax rhodognaphalon

Bombax ceiba

Chorisia integrifolia

Bombax pentandrum

Ceiba casearia

Ceiba thonningii

Eriodendron anfractuosum

Geiba guineensis

Helicteres pentandra

Coupé comme

ka‧pok

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkeɪpɒk tɹiː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From kapok + tree.