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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ka·pok n.  Bot. A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Ceiba pentandra
      n : 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: kapok, ceiba
           tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay
           ceiba, God tree]