ceiba pentandra

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Ceiba pentandra
    n 1: 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 [syn: {kapok}, {ceiba
         tree}, {silk-cotton tree}, {white silk-cotton tree},
         {Bombay ceiba}, {God tree}, {Ceiba pentandra}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Kapok \Ka*pok"\, n. [Prob. fr. the native name.] (Bot.)
   A silky wool derived from the seeds of {Ceiba pentandra}
   (syn. {Eriodendron anfractuosum}), a bombaceous tree of the
   East and West Indies.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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