Ceiba
- noun
- /ˈseɪbə/
- Specialized
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ceiba
- The ancient ceiba tree stood strong, its thick trunk a testament to many years of growth.
- Ceiba tree
Examples
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A solitary ceiba tree, with its lime green bark and shark teeth thorns, connected the land to the sky: its deep roots plunged to the core of Earth; its long branches stretched to the firmament.
Fiction book (1999) -
The tree had grown so high that the two sons looked like small lights in the sky between the ceiba's branches.
Fiction book (1992) -
After passing the coral bed, the ceiba tree, and the topiary, he reached the edge of the orange grove.
Fiction book (1999) -
The jasmine bloomed, the patchouli sprouted, and the ceiba blossomed.
Fiction book (1999) -
When the young couple made love near the ceiba in April, two of its magenta flowers dropped to the ground a safe distance from the bark's crucifying thorns.
Fiction book (1999) -
Fuchsia-colored flowers cascaded from the ceiba's limbs, but the razor-sharp spikes made them unattainable.
Fiction book (1999) -
The children played under the shade of the tall ceiba tree, enjoying its wide branches.
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During our hike, we spotted a ceiba tree with bright pink flowers blooming in the sunlight.
Synonyms
A very large tropical tree with a thick trunk and seed pods of silky fibers
Compounds
- Specialized
An Asian tree from India that makes silk cotton fibers used to stuff pillows and mattresses
A large tropical tree with a rough trunk and seed pods full of soft fibers used for pillows
- Specialized
A large tropical tree that makes pods with seeds covered in soft floss used to stuff pillows
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ceiba comes from a native Caribbean word seiba, used for the large 'kapok' tree that people often treated as sacred because of its size and soft seed fibers. So Ceiba now names that tall tropical tree with showy flowers and fluffy seeds, which makes the word easy to remember.
