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Kapok

🔄 Synonyms of "Kapok"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
silk-cotton treenoun	Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
vegetable silknoun	from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
ceiba pentandra	a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously emplaced in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var guineensis)
god treenoun	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
white silk-cotton treenoun	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
bombay ceibanoun	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
ceiba treenoun	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
silk cottonnoun	from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Kapok"

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Word	Definition
silk-cotton treenoun	Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
bombay ceibanoun	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
ceiba pentandra	a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously emplaced in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var guineensis)
ceiba treenoun	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
god treenoun	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
silk cottonnoun	from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
vegetable silknoun	from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
white silk-cotton treenoun	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
kapok treenoun	Ceiba pentandra, a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.
pulunoun	A silky material obtained from the fibres of Cibotium glaucum, a tree fern of Hawaii.
silktreenoun	Alternative form of silk tree. [an Asiatic leguminous tree (Albizia julibrissin) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms.]
cottonwoodnoun	A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
ceibanoun	Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
corn silknoun	The fine soft yellowish threads that are the stigmata of corn flowers, which are later enclosed inside the husk of corn ears next to the kernels on corn cobs.
red cotton treenoun	A silk-cotton tree.
pongeenoun	A soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed on oak leaves.
silk treenoun	an Asiatic leguminous tree (Albizia julibrissin) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms.
silknoun	A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
cottonnoun	(uncountable) A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
maroolnoun	Silky fiber of a monocot from India (Dracaena roxburghiana), which was used to make fabric.