'Bombax' definitions:
Definition of 'Bombax'
(from WordNet)
noun
Trees of chiefly South America [syn: Bombax, genus Bombax]
Definition of 'Bombax'
From: GCIDE
- Bombax \Bom"bax\, n. [LL., cotton. See Bombast, n.] (Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax. [1913 Webster]