Noun: Ceiba pentandra
- 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 fibre
"The ancient Ceiba pentandra tree towered over the rainforest canopy";
- kapok, ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, God tree
Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree
Encyclopedia: Ceiba pentandra