silk-cotton tree
silk-cotton tree · silk-cotton trees
капок
Kapok
Any of several large tropical treesAny of several large tropical trees: Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
Meaning
3 sensesAny of several large tropical trees:
Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa.
Cochlospermum religiosum, native to the Asian tropics.
More definitions
- 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
Forms
plural: silk-cotton trees| Singular | silk-cotton tree |
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Synonyms
11 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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:kapokceiba treewhite silk-cotton treeBombay ceibaGod treeCeiba pentandra