kapok, ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree, Ceiba pentandra
(noun) 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
kapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk
(noun) a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
kapok (countable and uncountable, plural kapoks)
A silky fibre obtained from the silk-cotton tree used for insulation and stuffing for pillows, mattresses, etc.
• Kopka
Source: Wiktionary
Ka*pok", n. [Prob. fr. the native name.] (Bot.)
Definition: A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
