Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ceiba pentandra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ceiba pen-tan-dra
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber

Synonyms

kapok ceiba tree silk-cotton tree white silk-cotton tree Bombay ceiba God tree

Questions

What does ceiba pentandra mean?: massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber

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