kapok tree

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• kapok tree — noun : silk cotton tree * * * kapok tree, the tropical tree from whose seeds kapok is taken; silk cotton tree; ceiba. The kapok tree belongs to the bombax family …   Useful english dictionary

• The Great Kapok Tree — is an American children s picture book about rainforest conservation. It was written and illustrated by Lynne Cherry, and was originally published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1990. The book is dedicated to Chico Mendes, a Brazilian… …   Wikipedia

• kapok — /kay pok/, n. the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk cotton tree (kapok tree), Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation. Also called… …   Universalium

• Kapok — For the children s book, see The Great Kapok Tree .taxobox name = Kapok image caption = Kapok planted in Honolulu, Hawaii regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Malvales familia …   Wikipedia

• kapok oil — noun : a light yellow semidrying oil obtained from the seeds of the kapok tree and used in foods and in soapmaking * * * a yellowish green oil expressed from the seeds of the kapok tree, used esp. in foods and in the manufacture of soap …   Useful english dictionary

• kapok oil — a yellowish green oil expressed from the seeds of the kapok tree, used esp. in foods and in the manufacture of soap. * * * …   Universalium

• kapok — n. down like fibers from the seeds of the tropical kapok tree (used as stuffing and insulation) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Kapok seed oil — is a pressed seed oil, from the seeds of the kapok (Silk cotton tree). It has a yellow color and a pleasant, mild odor and taste. [http://www.tis gdv.de/tis e/ware/oele/kapok/kapok.htm Kapok seed oil] From the [http://www.tis gdv.de/ German… …   Wikipedia

• Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …   Universalium

• 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.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• kapok — 1735, from Malay kapoq, name of the large tropical tree which produces the fibers …   Etymology dictionary