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kapok

noun

1 kapok

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

synonyms: silk cotton, vegetable silk.

Dutch: kapok
Polish: kapok

2 kapok

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.

synonyms: Bombay ceiba, Ceiba pentandra, ceiba tree, God tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree.

Polish: puchowiec pięciopręcikowy, drzewo kapokowe


Moby thesaurus: blubber, breeze, butter, clay, cushion, dough, down, eiderdown, feather bed, feathers, fleece, floss, flue, fluff, foam, pillow, plush, pudding, puff, putty ... show more.

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