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noun
the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk-cotton tree (ka·pok tree), Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation.
Also called Java cotton.
Origin:
1740–50; < Javanese (or Malay of Java and Sumatra) kapuk the name of the tree
1740–50; < Javanese (or Malay of Java and Sumatra) kapuk the name of the tree
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Kapok
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
kapok
1735, from Malay kapoq, name of the large tropical tree which produces the fibers.
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