n. [ Prob. fr. the native name. ] (Bot.) A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
[攀枝花, Pān zhī huā, ㄆㄢ ㄓ ㄏㄨㄚ]kapok (the flower of cotton tree); Panzhihua, new prefecture level city in southwest Sichuan, bordering Yunnan (number 1 in pollution league table)#43475[Add to Longdo]