Kapok - Definition
kapok
n 1: a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and
insulation [syn: kapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk]
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: kapok, ceiba tree,
silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba,
God tree, Ceiba pentandra]
