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
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2. Kapok
   Used as an insulating or flotation material it comes from the seed hairs of the kapok tree (Ceiba Pentranda).
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3. kapok
   commercial name for the floss surrounding the seeds of various trees of the Bombax family Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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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.
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5. Kapok
   • (n.) 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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6. 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]
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7. 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...
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8. Kapok
   Kapok or silk cotton, is a silky fibre obtained from the hairs covering the seeds of the kapok tree or silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra). Kapok is used for stuffing pillows. Mattresses and cushions and for sound insulation.
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9. kapok
   Silky hairs that surround the seeds of certain trees, particularly the kapok tree (Bombax ceiba) of India and Malaysia and the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) of tropical America. Kapok is used for stuffing cushions and mattresses and for sound insulation; oil obtained from the seeds is used in food ...
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