ceiba pentandra

Noun
Synonyms: kapokceiba treesilk-cotton treewhite silk-cotton treeBombay ceibaGod treeCeiba pentandra

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. 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 fiberSynonyms: kapokceiba treesilk-cotton treewhite silk-cotton treeBombay ceibaGod treeCeiba pentandra
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Kapok \Ka*pok"\, n. [Prob. fr. the native name.] (Bot.) A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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