kapok tree

The kapok tree (Bombax ceiba; sense 2).

Meaning

Noun

  • Ceiba pentandra, a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.
  • The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), an Asian tree with red flowers.
  • Two trees with yellow flowers native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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