kapok Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
silk cotton; vegetable silk.
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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; God tree; Bombay ceiba; silk-cotton tree; white silk-cotton tree; ceiba tree.