kapok tree
English
Noun
kapok tree (plural kapok trees)
- (botany) The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), an Asian tree with red flowers.
- 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 111:
- The coastal morning glory was left to creep up a bamboo pole that leaned against the kapok tree.
- 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 111:
- Ceiba pentandra, a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.
- 1998, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, Faber and Faber 2013, p. 123:
- 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.
- 1998, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, Faber and Faber 2013, p. 123:
- Two trees with yellow flowers native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea
Hypernyms
Translations
Bombax ceiba
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Calotropis procera
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Ceiba pentandra
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Cochlospermum gillivraei
Cochlospermum fraseri
References
kapok tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia