ceiba

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English[edit]

Ceiba pentandra

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish ceiba.

Noun[edit]

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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Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

ceiba

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

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Taíno [Term?].

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeiba/ [ˈθei̯.β̞a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈseiba/ [ˈsei̯.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eiba
  • Syllabification: cei‧ba

Noun[edit]

ceiba f (plural ceibas)

  1. silk-cotton tree

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