Definition of Kapok. Meaning of Kapok. Synonyms of Kapok

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Definition of Kapok

Kapok
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.

Meaning of Kapok from wikipedia

- Look up kapok in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kapok fibre is a cotton-like plant fibre obtained from the seed pods of a number of trees in the Malvaceae...
- Kapok, or Kapok fibre, also known as ceiba and Java cotton, is the fine fibres from the fruit of the kapok tree Ceiba pentandra in the bombax family Bombacaceae...
- cotton, Java kapok, silk-cotton or samauma. The tree grows up to 240 ft (73 m) tall as confirmed by climbing and tape drop with reports of Kapoks up to 77...
- Kampong Kapok is a village in the north-east of Brunei-Muara District, Brunei and has an area of 1,241.01 hectares (3,066.6 acres); the po****tion was...
- Aerva javanica, the kapok bush or desert cotton, is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It has a native distribution incorporating much of...
- independence. On January 1, 2019, during the Hong Kong new year march, the Kapok flag which represents Guangdong independence movement also appeared in the...
- The Great Kapok Tree is an American children's picture book about rainforest conservation. It was written and illustrated by Lynne Cherry and was originally...
- tree; red silk-cotton; red cotton tree; or ambiguously as silk-cotton or kapok, both of which may also refer to Ceiba pentandra. This Asian tropical tree...
- Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1997. In 1999, Clevo merged with their subsidiary, Kapok, to increase efficiency.[citation needed] In August 2002, Clevo had built...
- cultivated, especially with sugarcane and mango trees. There is a very large kapok tree near the village of Boa Entrada, standing at the bottom of a valley...