English Explanatory Dictionary

kapok tree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈkeɪpɒk tɹiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kapok tree.wav /ˈkeɪˌpɑk tɹi/ /ˈkɑːpəʊk tɹiː/ [ˈkɑːpəʊʔ-]

Word forms

kapok tree kapok trees

Etymology

From kapok + tree.

Synonyms

kapok
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