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Look up: kapok

  1. kapok
    [n] - from the kapok tree 2. [n] - massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Kapok
    Used as an insulating or flotation material it comes from the seed hairs of the kapok tree (Ceiba Pentranda).
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  3. kapok
    commercial name for the floss surrounding the seeds of various trees of the Bombax family Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Kapok
    Ka·pok' noun [ Prob. from the native name.] (Botany) A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum ), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/2

  5. Kapok
    `Kapok` (`Ceiba pentandra`) is a tropical tree of the order `Malvales` and the family `Malvaceae` (previously separated in the family `Bombacaceae`), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety `C. pentandra` var. `guineensis`) to tropical west Africa. The word is also used for the fibre obtained from its seed pods. The tree is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, or ceiba. It is a sacred...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapok

  6. Kapok
    • (n.) A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. kapok
    seed-hair fibre obtained from the fruit of the kapok tree or the kapok tree itself. The kapok is a gigantic tree of the tropical forest canopy and ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/10

  8. kapok
    kapok (kā'pok, kăp'uk) , name for a tropical tree of the family Bombacaceae (bombax family) and for the fiber (floss) obtained from the seeds in the ripened pods. The floss has been important in commerce since the 1890s; the chief source is Ceiba pentandra, the kapok (or silk-cot...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08270


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