Ka·pok n. Bot. 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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Ceiba pentandra
n : 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]