kapok
the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk-cotton tree (kapoktree ),Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation.
Origin of kapok
1- Also called Java cotton.
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How to use kapok in a sentence
The silk cotton or kapok (bombax) is also to be met with in every village.
The History of Sumatra | William MarsdenThe kapok plant furnishes most of the commercial silk cotton on the market.
Textiles | William H. DooleyEven prettier and more wonderfully made is the nest of the kapok bird, a little creature resembling a tom-tit.
Home Life on an Ostrich Farm | Annie MartinThe material used in the construction of this small domicile is a kind of wild cotton, well named by the Boers kapok (snow).
Home Life on an Ostrich Farm | Annie MartinThe cotton or kapok was used directly, but the burlap was shredded into a fine mass of fluffy fibers.
British Dictionary definitions for kapok
/ (ˈkeɪpɒk) /
a silky fibre obtained from the hairs covering the seeds of a tropical bombacaceous tree, Ceiba pentandra (kapok tree or silk-cotton tree): used for stuffing pillows, etc, and for sound insulation: Also called: silk cotton
Origin of kapok
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