ka·pok /ˈkeˌpɑk/
木棉花,木絲棉
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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kapok
n 1: from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation [syn:
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: ceiba tree, silk-cotton
tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree,
Ceiba pentandra]