Etymology

ceiba

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Today it means: Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra. Full definition →

Spanish ceiba ← Taíno *seiba
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  1. Taíno*seiba
  2. Spanishceiba
  3. English todayceiba

Borrowed from Spanish ceiba.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.