Ceiba pentandra
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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