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kapok tree
kapok treen. A large deciduous tropical tree (Ceiba pentandra) having a spiny trunk and palmately compound leaves and cultivated for its pods, which contain silky fibers yielding kapok and small edible seeds used for producing oil. Also called silk-cotton tree, ceiba.kapok tree
kapok tree[′kā‚päk ‚trē] (botany) Ceiba pentandra. A tree of the family Bombacaceae which produces pods containing seeds covered with silk cotton. Also known as silk cotton tree. ThesaurusSeekapok |