Crossword-Solution: BOMBAX
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bombax | n. | A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “BOMBAX”
| Clue | Answers |
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| BALSA tree (genus) | 1 answer |
| baobab family | 1 answer |
| type of S American tree | 2 answers |
| silk-cotton tree | 3 answers |
| ROPE-making material | 6 answers |
| PILLOW stuffing | 7 answers |
| CANOE-making material | 8 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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See Bombast, n.] (Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.
The beds, enveloped in mosquito curtains, had their pillows, mattresses, and bolsters filled with that fresh and elastic substance which in the Upper Amazon is yielded by the bombax.
Often they are made to look extra mean by a noble "cottonwood," or Bombax (Pentandrium), standing on its stalwart braces like an old sea-dog with parted legs; extending its roots over a square acre of soil, shedding filmy shade upon the surrounding underwood, and at all times ready, like a certain chestnut, to shelter a hundred horses.
The men especially pride themselves upon canoe-making; the favourite wood is the buoyant Okumeh or bombax, that monarch of the African forest.
According to some it is acacia; others declare it to be the "blood" of the bombax, which is also used for caulking.