kapok tree
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Tweet n. A large deciduous tropical tree (Ceiba pentandra) having a spiny trunk and palmately compound leaves and cultivated for its pods, which contain silky fibers yielding kapok and small edible seeds used for producing oil. Also called silk-cotton tree, ceiba. |
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