1. (noun) a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation

• silk cotton
• vegetable silk

2. (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

• bombay ceiba
• ceiba pentandra
• ceiba tree
• god tree
• silk-cotton tree
• white silk-cotton tree

1. (noun) a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation

• plant fiber
• plant fibre

2. (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

• angiospermous tree
• flowering tree