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name
A place name:
A town and municipality in north-east Puerto Rico, named after the Ceiba tree genus.
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name
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A barrio in Cidra municipality, Puerto Rico.
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name
A place name:
A barrio in Las Piedras municipality, Puerto Rico.
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name
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A barrio in Vega Baja municipality, Puerto Rico.
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noun
Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
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noun
The silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba.
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noun
tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Ceiba
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Broader terms: dilleniid dicot genus
History
Etymology tree Taíno *seibabor. Spanish ceibabor. English ceiba Borrowed from Spanish ceiba.
