Meaning : A plant fiber from the kapok tree. Used for stuffing and insulation.
Synonyms : silk cotton, vegetable silk
Meaning : 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.
Synonyms : bombay ceiba, ceiba pentandra, ceiba tree, god tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree