kapok
nounA silky fiber obtained from the pods of the kapok tree, used for insulation and as padding in pillows, mattresses, and life preservers.
nounThe silky wool which invests the seeds of Eriodendron anfractuosum, a species of silk-cotton tree botanically related to the cotton-plants, found in the East and the West Indies.
nounA silky wool derived from the seeds of
A silky fibre obtained from the
a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
nounmassive 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