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Kapok

Kapok Meaning & Definition
Kapok Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Kapok?

[n] 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
[n] from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Kapok: Bombay ceiba | Ceiba pentandra | ceiba tree | God tree | silk cotton | silk-cotton tree | vegetable silk | white silk-cotton tree

Related Terms | Find terms related to Kapok: blubber | breeze | butter | clay | cushion | dough | down | eiderdown | feather bed | feathers | fleece | floss | flue | fluff | foam | pillow | plush | pudding | puff | putty | rubber | satin | silk | swansdown | thistledown | velvet | wax | wool | zephyr

See Also | angiospermous tree | cushioning | flowering tree | padding | plant fiber | plant fibre | red silk cotton

Kapok In Webster's Dictionary

\Ka*pok"\, n. [Prob. fr. the native name.] (Bot.) A silky wool derived from the seeds of {Ceiba pentandra} (syn. {Eriodendron anfractuosum}), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.

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