a. Bot. [f. mod.L. bombax (f. L. bombyx silk) + -ACEOUS.] Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Bombax, or the Silk-cotton family.
1864. Bates, Nat. on Amazon, xvi. 139. The trees the dome-topped giants of the Leguminous and Bombaceous orders.
a. Bot. [f. mod.L. bombax (f. L. bombyx silk) + -ACEOUS.] Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Bombax, or the Silk-cotton family.
1864. Bates, Nat. on Amazon, xvi. 139. The trees the dome-topped giants of the Leguminous and Bombaceous orders.