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Kapok

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Noun

1. kapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk

a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation

2. bombay ceiba, ceiba pentandra, ceiba tree, god tree, kapok, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Kapok

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noun
a silky fibre obtained from the hairs covering the seeds of a tropical bombacaceous tree, Ceiba pentandra (kapok tree or silk-cotton tree): used for stuffing pillows, etc, and for sound insulation
. Also called: silk cotton

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Kapok

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noun
the silky fibers around the seeds of any of several silk-cotton trees, esp. a ceiba (Ceiba pentandra): used for stuffing mattresses, life preservers, sleeping bags, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Kapok

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n.
A silky fiber obtained from the pods of the kapok tree, used for insulation and as padding in pillows, mattresses, and life preservers.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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