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silk-cot⋅ton tree

  [silk-kot-n]
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–noun
any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, esp. C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained.
Origin:
1705–15
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silk-cot·ton tree   (sĭlk'kŏt'n)   
n.  

  1. A spiny, deciduous, tropical tree (Ceiba pentandra) having palmately compound leaves and cultivated for its leathery fruit that contain the silklike fiber kapok.

  2. Either of two trees (Bombax ceiba or Cochlospermum religiosum) having seeds surrounded by silky hairs.

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