Kapok Treeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkeɪpɒk tɹiː/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkeɪˌpɑk tɹi/
• (Singapore) IPA: /ˈkɑːpəʊk tɹiː/, [ˈkɑːpəʊʔ-]
• ハイフネーション: ka‧pok tree

名詞

kapok tree (plural kapok trees)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Two trees with yellow flowers native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
   1. Cochlospermum gillivraei
   2. Cochlospermum fraseri

Further reading

• kapok tree (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia