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bombax

(ˈbɒmbæks)
n
a genus of trees (family Malvaceae), the most well-known species of which is the cotton tree
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Noun1.Bombax - trees of chiefly South America
genus Bombax
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Bombacaceae, family Bombacaceae - tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds
Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica, red silk-cotton tree, simal - East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok
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The African oil-tree rose above the mass, with leaves fifteen feet in length upon its stalk, the latter studded with sharp thorns; the bombax, or silk-cotton-tree, filled the wind, as it swept by, with the fine down of its seeds; the pungent odors of the pendanus, the "kenda" of the Arabs, perfumed the air up to the height where the Victoria was sailing; the papaw-tree, with its palm-shaped leaves; the sterculier, which produces the Soudan-nut; the baobab, and the banana-tree, completed the luxuriant flora of these inter-tropical regions.
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Manaf, Dyes Removal from Aqeous Solution Using Wood Activated Charcoal of Bombax Cieba Tree, J.
Adsorption of Alizarin and Fluorescein Dyes onto Palm Seeds Activated Carbon: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies
enquanto os homens trabalham nisso [o corte de uma barriguda (Bombax) para ser usada como vaso de fermentacao] as mulheres se ocupam em preparar o 'cain' com mandioca ou milho.
A. Morphology of Je vessels in corn cauim production in Vereda III: a proposal/A morfologia dos vasos Je na producao de cauim de milho em Vereda III: uma proposicao
Comparative study on physical and mechanical properties of plywood produced from Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn.) and Simul (Bombax ceiba L.) veneers.
Investigation of factory fire retardant treatment of eucalyptus plywood
24 1.6 0.4 Bombax paraensis Ducke 20 1.7 0.4 Eperuafalcata Aubl.
Composition, structure and floristic diversity in dense rain forest in the Eastern Amazon, Amapa, Brazil/Composicao, estrutura e diversidade floristica em floresta ombrofila densa na Amazonia Oriental, Amapa, Brasil
Rising one thousand metres above the sea richly wooded with wild olive phulai (Acacia modesta) a species of wild pistachio some sumbal (Bombax malabaricum) and on the very peak a few chir (Pinus longifolia) Tilla Jogian has long been hallowed ground.
Travelogue Hill of the Jogis
Prominent among them are Dalbergia sissoo Eucalyptus camadulensis Azadirachta indica Acacia nilotica and Bombax malabarica.
ANALYSIS OF URBAN FOREST STRUCTURE DISTRIBUTION AND AMENITY VALUE: A CASE STUDY
Recently, we have also found lupeol, isolated from the stem bark of Bombax ceiba (Khan et al., 2010) and its congener, dihydoxy lupeol palmitate from Loranthus micranthus to show stimulatory effects on osteoblast differentiation as assessed by ALP assay and determination of osteogenic gene expression.
Osteogenic activity of natural diterpenoids isolated from Cupressus sempervirens fruits in calvarial derived osteoblast cells via differentiation and mineralization

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