[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kapok \kapok"\, 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.
see also:
ceiba pentandra eriodendron anfractuosum 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

kapok
     n 1: from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation syn:
          silk cotton, vegetable silk
     2: 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 syn: ceiba tree, silk-cotton
        tree, white silk-cotton tree, bombay ceiba, god tree,
         ceiba pentandra
see also:
silk cotton vegetable silk ceiba tree silk-cotton tree white silk-cotton tree bombay ceiba 
god tree ceiba pentandra 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 moby thesaurus words for "kapok":
   blubber, breeze, butter, clay, cushion, dough, down, eiderdown,
   feather bed, feathers, fleece, floss, flue, fluff, foam, pillow,
   plush, pudding, puff, putty, rubber, satin, silk, swansdown,
   thistledown, velvet, wax, wool, zephyr

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