| In addition to these attributes the kapok fiber is totally water repellent and resistant to rot. |
| The material kapok, the soft fibrous covering of the seeds of a tropical tree, is familiar as a lining and stuffing material. |
| Beneath the brown velvet of the seed capsules, a white kapok of cottony seed-parachutes packs the core. |
| The Carib Indians used kapok for drums and canoes but otherwise sheathed their axes in regard to the tree. |
| Nights of stuffing this sculpture with kapok, a new substance for the job, sent me into bouts of itching. |
| While still on the tree, the fruits burst open exposing the cotton like substance, which is the kapok of commerce. |
