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ceiba
[ sey-buh sahy-; Spanish they-bah, sey- ]
ceiba
/ ˈ²õ±ðɪ²úÉ™ /
noun
- any bombacaceous tropical tree of the genus Ceiba, such as the silk-cotton tree
- silk cotton; kapok
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ceiba1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ceiba1
Example Sentences
That inherent discord might also describe the pointy cones of glazed ceramic that stud “The Ceiba Saved Me.â€
The Ceiba occupies a central position in various Mesoamerican mythologies, while the imposing tree’s thorns turn up as ritual decoration on ancient Maya incense burners and burial urns.
Publishers wanted an orthographic illustration, a drawing of the front, sides and top of the tree, to give readers an undistorted view of a Ceiba pentandra Van Pelt first measured in 1997.
The arrest in La Ceiba, a city in northern Honduras, came amid a series of raids and inspections along the Atlantic coast.
At the first, we got lucky: Two magnificent harpy eagles high in the canopy were carrying clusters of dried branches to their growing nest in the crown of a ceiba tree.
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