1. (

• kapok ,
• silk_cotton ,
• vegetable_silk

) a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation ;

2. (

• kapok ,
• ceiba_tree ,
• silk-cotton_tree ,
• white_silk-cotton_tree ,
• Bombay_ceiba ,
• God_tree ,
• Ceiba_pentandra

) 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 ;