kapok tree

Meaning

1. Ceiba pentandra, a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.
2. The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), an Asian tree with red flowers.
3. Two trees with yellow flowers native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
4. Two trees with yellow flowers native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Synonyms

silk-cotton tree

kapok

silk tree

cotton tree

Bombax malabarica

kapoktree

red silk cotton tree

red silk cottontree

simul tree

vegetable silk tree

kankantri

white silk cotton tree

silk cotton tree

Translations

Ceiba pentandra

kapokier

Kapokbaum

ceiba

lupuna

lupuna

fromager

ceibo

Bombax rhodognaphalon

Ceiba

Chorisia speciosa etc.

Baumwoll-Baum

sumauma

ceiba

Seidenbaumwollbaum

Hyphenated as

ka‧pok

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkeɪpɒk tɹiː/

Etymology

From kapok + tree.