Ceiba pentandra and Silk-cotton tree

Ceiba pentandra noun - Massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber.

Silk-cotton tree and Ceiba pentandra are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silk-cotton tree" instead a noun phrase "Ceiba pentandra".

Silk-cotton tree noun - Massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber.

Ceiba pentandra and silk-cotton tree are semantically related. You can use "Ceiba pentandra" instead a noun phrase "Silk-cotton tree".