bombace

Old French

bombace (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) cotton; padding

• “bombace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from translingual Bombax, from Medieval Latin bombax, alternative form of bambax (“cotton wool”).

• IPA^(key): /bomˈba.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Hyphenation: bom‧bà‧ce

bombace m (plural bombaci)

1. bombax (plant of the Bombax genus)

• bambagia

• bombace in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana