ceiba

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English

Ceiba pentandra

Etymology

From Spanish ceiba.

Noun

ceiba (plural ceibas or ceiba)

  1. Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
  2. The silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba.

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Further reading

Galician

Verb

ceiba

  1. inflection of ceibar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeiba/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈseiba/
  • Rhymes: -eiba
  • Syllabification: cei‧ba

Noun

ceiba f (plural ceibas)

  1. silk-cotton tree

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