Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

silk-cotton tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
silk--cot-ton tree
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several large tropical trees:

noun

Any of several large tropical trees:

noun

Any of several large tropical trees:

Inflected Forms

silk-cotton trees (plural)

Synonyms

kapok ceiba kapok tree mumian red cotton tree mapou ceiba tree white silk-cotton tree bombay ceiba god tree ceiba pentandra

Questions

What does silk-cotton tree mean?
Any of several large tropical trees:

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