Definition of Kapoks

1. Noun. (plural of kapok) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kapoks

1. kapok [n] - See also: kapok

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kapoks

kaons
kapa
kapala
kapalas
kapang syndrome
kapas
kapeika
kapellmeister
kapellmeisters
kaph
kaphs
kapia
kapnomar
kapo
kapok
kapoks (current term)
kapos
kaposi's sarcoma
kaposi varicelliform eruption
kapow
kappa
kappa-meson
kappa angle
kappa chain
kappa granule
kappa particle
kappa particles
kappacism
kappas
kapu

Literary usage of Kapoks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Changing Africa: The First Literary Generation of Independent Cape Verde by Gerald M. Moser (1992)
"... that is, a Santiago Islander, the native Tree, though the only one of its race, aside from the kapoks of Engenho, of the Peak, and a few more. ..."

2. Down Under by N. Maisondeau (1912)
"... and kapoks and palms below. From the southern windows of the sky-parlour in the main building, one looks up to the high peaks of ..."

3. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (1808)
"Genre 485 d'insectes de la famille Basiliques. Hist. des Insectes, XIV, 3o6. kapoks ( les ). Leur description, XX, 64, 91. ..."

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