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Definitions for Kapok

[1] the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk-cotton tree (ka·pok tree) , Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation.
[2] 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

Words nearby Kapok

kapila, kapitsa, kapitza, kaplan, kapo, kapok, kapok oil, kaposi's sarcoma, kaposi's varicelliform eruption, kapote, kappa

Origin of Kapok

1740–50; < Javanese (or Malay of Java and Sumatra) kapuk the name of the tree

Word origin for Kapok

C18: from Malay