noun
a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
• Syn: ↑kapok, ↑silk cotton
• Hypernyms: ↑plant fiber, ↑plant fibre
• Substance Holonyms: ↑padding, ↑cushioning
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noun : a cottony fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of any of various trees (as the floss-silk) and used especially for stuffing cushions — compare silk cotton
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a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
[1850-55]
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vegetable silk,
a cottonlike fiber borne on the seeds of a Brazilian tree of the bombax family, used especially for stuffing cushions.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.