kapok
1. a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation • Syn: silk cotton, vegetable silk • Hypernyms: plant fiber, plant fibre • Substance Holonyms: padding, cushioning 2. 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 • Syn: ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree, Ceiba pentandra • Hypernyms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree
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