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The kapok tree (Bombax ceiba ; sense 2 ).
From kapok + tree .
kapok tree (plural kapok trees )
Ceiba pentandra , a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.
Synonym: kapok
1998 , Barbara Kingsolver , The Poisonwood Bible , Faber and Faber, published 2013 , page 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.
The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba ), an Asian tree with red flowers.
Synonym: kapok
2015 , Eka Kurniawan , translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger , Verso, page 111 :The coastal morning glory was left to creep up a bamboo pole that leaned against the kapok tree .
Two trees with yellow flowers native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Cochlospermum gillivraei
Cochlospermum fraseri
Ceiba pentandra
Arabic: شَجَر كَابُوك m ( šajar kābūk )
Bambara: bana
Basaa: jǒm
Catalan: capoquer
Cerma: bɔluɔŋgu
Dii: ɗùɗùg , gágam
Dutch: kapokboom (nl) m , kankantri (nl) m ( Suriname )
Dyula: banayiri
Edo: ọkha
Ewe: ʋuti , wudese
Finnish: amazoninkapokkipuu
French: fromager (fr) m
Fula: bantineewi
German: Kapokbaum (de) m , weißer Kapokbaum m , weißer Seidenwollbaum m , Seidenwollbaum m
Gourmanchéma: púgúnbu
Japanese: パンヤノキ ( pan'ya-no-ki ) , カポック ( kapokku ) , インドキワタ ( indo-kiwata )
Kasem: guŋu
Malayalam: പഞ്ഞിമരം (ml) ( paññimaraṁ ) , ഇലവ് (ml) ( ilavŭ )
Mamara Senoufo: sheŋɛ
Moore: gʋnga
Nawdm: gumb
Soninke: bantinŋe
Sranan Tongo: kankantri
Swedish: kapok (sv) c
Vietnamese: bông gòn , gòn (vi)
Yoruba: ẹ̀gungun , àràbà , egigun
Translations to be checked
Bengali: (please verify ) শিমুল (bn) ( śimul ) , (please verify ) লাল শিমুল ( lal śimul )
Bikol Central: (please verify ) kayo (bcl)
Braj: (please verify ) सेमर ( semar )
Catalan: arbre del cotó
Cebuano: (please verify ) taglinaw , (please verify ) duldol , (please verify ) durol , (please verify ) kapok ( rare )
Cerma: (please verify ) tiriiŋgu
Chinese:
Mandarin: (please verify ) 木棉 (zh) ( mùmián )
Classical Nahuatl: (please verify ) pōchōtl
Dyula: (please verify ) bumu
French: (please verify ) fromager (fr) m , (please verify ) kapokier (fr) m
Gourmanchéma: (please verify ) fùòbu
Hindi: (please verify ) सेमल (hi) ( semal )
Kannada: (please verify ) ಬೂರಗ (kn) ( būraga )
Kasem: (please verify ) kafʋrʋ
Malayalam: (please verify ) പൂള (ml) ( pūḷa ) , (please verify ) മുള്ളിലവ് (ml) ( muḷḷilavŭ )
Manipuri: (please verify ) ꯇꯦꯔꯥ ( terā )
Marathi: (please verify ) सांवर ( sāuvar ) , (please verify ) काटेसांवर ( kāṭesāuvar )
Moore: (please verify ) voaaka , (please verify ) vaaka
Nawdm: (please verify ) voog̈b
Nepali: (please verify ) सिमल ( simal )
Odia: (please verify ) ଶିମୁଳି (or) ( śimuḷi )
Portuguese: (please verify ) paineira f
Punjabi: (please verify ) ਸਿੰਬਲ (pa) ( simbal )
Sanskrit: (please verify ) शल्मलि (sa) ( śalmali ) , (please verify ) शिम्बल (sa) ( śimbala )
Santali: (please verify ) ᱥᱤᱢᱲᱤ ( simṛi )
Sinhalese: (please verify ) ඉඹුල් ( iᵐbul )
Spanish: (please verify ) ceiba (es) f , (please verify ) kapok m , (please verify ) capoc m , (please verify ) pochote m ( Mexico ) , (please verify ) bonga (es) f ( Colombia ) , (please verify ) lupuna f ( Peruvian Amazon )
Sylheti: (please verify ) ꠢꠤꠝꠟ ( himol )
Tagalog: (please verify ) buboy
Tal: (please verify ) kɨɨy
Tamil: (please verify ) கோங்கு (ta) ( kōṅku ) , (please verify ) முள்ளிலவு (ta) ( muḷḷilavu ) , (please verify ) இலவு (ta) ( ilavu )
Telugu: (please verify ) బూరుగ (te) ( būruga )
Vame: (please verify ) bəlgam
Vietnamese: (please verify ) gạo (vi)