English Dictionary

kapok tree

/ˈkeɪpɒk tɹiː/

noun

Ceiba pentandra, a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.

The kapok tree is native to tropical rainforests.

意味（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.

Right smack in the middle of the village is a huge kapok tree, which is where they get together and have their market every fifth day.

意味（2）

The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), an Asian tree with red flowers.

The coastal morning glory was left to creep up a bamboo pole that leaned against the kapok tree.

意味（3）

Cochlospermum gillivraei

意味（4）

Cochlospermum fraseri