kapok tree

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

lupuna

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

Ceiba pentandra

kapokier

Kapokbaum

ceiba

ceibo

lupuna

fromager

Bombax rhodognaphalon

Bombax ceiba

Chorisia speciosa etc.

Baumwoll-Baum

Ceiba

sumauma

ceiba

Seidenbaumwollbaum

Con il trattino come

ka‧pok

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkeɪpɒk tɹiː/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From kapok + tree.