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a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation

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  1. n. a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
  2. 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
  3. A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.
  4. A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn.Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and WestIndies.
  5. n:100 n. a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation 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