bombax
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See also: Bombax
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin [Term?].
Noun[edit]
bombax (plural bombaxes)
Synonyms[edit]
- (tree in Bombax): cotton tree
See also[edit]
- bombax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bombax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbom.baks/, [ˈbɔmbäks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbom.baks/, [ˈbɔmbäks]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ancient Greek βομβάξ (bombáx).
Interjection[edit]
bombax
Etymology 2[edit]
Ultimately from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silkworm”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
bombax
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “bombax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bombax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- bombax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.