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kapok oil

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noun

  1. a yellowish-green oil expressed from the seeds of the kapok tree, used especially in foods and in the manufacture of soap.

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Titre, °C. 292 36 50.8 Kapok oil is produced from a tree which is extensively grown in the East and West Indies.

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