ceiba

/sey-buh or, for 2, sahy-; Spanish they-bah, sey-/US // ˈseɪ bə or, for 2, ˈsaɪ-; Spanish ˈθeɪ βɑ, ˈseɪ- //UK // (ˈseɪbə) //

鹤壁,鹤岗市,鹤岗,鹤壁市

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural cei·bas [sey-buhz or, for 2, sahy-; Spanish they-bahs, sey-]. /ˈseɪ bəz or, for 2, ˈsaɪ-; Spanish ˈθeɪ βɑs, ˈseɪ-/.
- : the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- : silk cotton; kapok.

It is on this savannah that we have our first good opportunity of viewing the mighty ceiba tree near at hand.
Individuals were most readily observed on the buttresses of some of the gigantic mahogany and ceiba trees.
For size of spurs and wealth of parasites the tree was almost as remarkable as the Ceiba I mentioned just now.
An enormous old ceiba tree originally stood here, beneath whose branches mass was sometimes performed.
The ceiba is the sacred tree of the negro, the temple of Jumbi, the proper house of Obeah.