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cei⋅ba

  [sey-buh or, for 2, sahy-; Sp. they-vah, sey-]
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–noun, plural -bas  [-buhz; Sp. -vahs] .
1. the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
2. silk cotton; kapok.
Origin:
1805–15; < Sp < Taino ceyba or its cognate in another Arawakan language
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La Cei⋅ba

  [lah sey-vah]
–noun
a seaport in N Honduras. 44,057.
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cei·ba   (sā'bə)   
n.  The silk-cotton tree.

[Spanish, probably of Arawakan origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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