Bombax, genus Bombax
(noun) trees of chiefly South America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bombax (plural bombaxes)
Any member of the genus Bombax of tropical trees in the mallow family.
• (tree in Bombax): cotton tree
Source: Wiktionary
Bom"bax, n. Etym: [LL., cotton. See Bombast, n.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
