bombax

See also: Bombax

English

Bombax ceiba flower

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin [Term?]

Noun

bombax (plural bombaxes)

1. Any member of the genus Bombax of tropical trees in the mallow family.

Synonyms

• (tree in Bombax): cotton tree

See also

• bombax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bombax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βομβάξ (bombáx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.baks/, [ˈbɔmbäks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.baks/, [ˈbɔmbäks]

Interjection

1. indeed! strange! Used to express real or affected surprise.

References

• “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.