kapok — /kay pok/, n. the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk cotton tree (kapok tree), Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation. Also called… … Universalium
Kapok — For the children s book, see The Great Kapok Tree .taxobox name = Kapok image caption = Kapok planted in Honolulu, Hawaii regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Malvales familia … Wikipedia
Seed — A seed Audio IPA|en us seed.ogg|/ˈsiːd/ (in some plants, referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and… … Wikipedia
seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… … Universalium
List of vegetable oils — Plant oils Olive oil Types Vegetable fats (list) Macerated (list) Uses … Wikipedia
List of food additives — This is an alphabetical list of food additives. For related lists, see also: List of food additives, Codex Alimentarius and E number.: This article is incomplete. Please help by expanding it. List of food additive types* Acidity regulators * Anti … Wikipedia
Cyclopropene acid — Cyclopropene acids are a group of fatty acids. The best known cyclopropene acids are malvalic acid and sterculic acid. Sterculic acid is present in sterculia oils and at low levels in kapok seed oil ( 12%), cottonseed oil ( 1%) and in the seeds… … Wikipedia
Hemp — This article is about industrial hemp. For its psychoactive variant, see Cannabis (drug). For the biology of the plant, see Cannabis. For other uses, see Hemp (disambiguation). The variety of appearances for cannabis. Only C. sativa (left) is… … Wikipedia
Flax — For other uses, see Flax (disambiguation). Flax Flax plant Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
