bombax

See also: Bombax

Contents

EnglishEdit

Bombax ceiba flower

EtymologyEdit

From Latin

NounEdit

bombax (plural bombaxes)

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

SynonymsEdit

• (tree in Bombax): cotton tree

See alsoEdit

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

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek βομβάξ (bombáx).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.baks/, [ˈbɔm.baks]

InterjectionEdit

bombax

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

ReferencesEdit

• bombax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “bombax”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “bombax” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)