For stuffing cushions, you can use kapok, which is also water resistant. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
The kapok is the city flower and the kapok tree is the city tree of Guangzhou. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Iran could halt 20% uranium enrichment if given fuel] Reference
The kapok is a rain forest tree from Tropical America, and the pillow is stuffed with fluff from its fruits. From Wordnik.com. [All Media from ABC Local] Reference
The great kapok tree, the only book that has any reference to "kapok" in any of its fields. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
He wrapped the kapok in place with strips of cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
CRUTCHES FROM TREE BRANCHES, padded with wild kapok. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Was the First Lieutenant wearing a red kapok jacket? '. From Wordnik.com. [San Andreas]
The bed: slashed sheets, ripped mattress spilling kapok. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
The springs were tight and the mattress filled with kapok. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
Materials like kapok, when compressed, also lose their power. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2] Reference
Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort: Mexico History. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort] Reference
A single tree produces up to 2.7 kilograms of kapok each year. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort] Reference
He ran to a wild kapok tree, and picked several of the large ripe fruits. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
In addition to its fibers, the kapok tree provides other benefits to mankind. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort] Reference
However, a kapok-stuffed life jacket can support 30 times its own weight in water. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort] Reference
You cannot easily cut down and remove big trees such as the baobab, or the kapok tree. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
The following numbers determined for the kapok differentiate it widely from the cottons. From Wordnik.com. [Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900] Reference
They're easy to find and many are made from sustainable materials like kapok and bamboo. From Wordnik.com. [Ari Solomon: Down With The Truth] Reference
Beyond the kapok trees lay the River of Tranquillity, and beyond it stretched endless mountains. From Wordnik.com. [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]
Then all of the surveillance cars braked suddenly for a fork around a huge, spreading kapok tree. From Wordnik.com. [The Season of the Machete]
Straw's possible, or maybe kapok in these parts; but I seem to remember they mostly used sawdust. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
In order not to injure the animal put a pad of straw or kapok wrapped in cloth between the yoke and the head. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Next they wind him in mothball-scented stage curtains and pack layers of kapok over his heart and pulse points. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
Strange women; they never knew a roof over their heads or the feel of a kapok mattress beneath their iron-hard spines. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
In the illustration showing kapok acting as a parasol for cacao in Java, we see that the proportion of shade trees to cacao is high. From Wordnik.com. [Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer] Reference
A zabuton is is a Japanese kapok-filled cushion for use when sitting on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Random feeds from Syndic8.com] Reference
Suatu hari saya (gak kapok - kapoknya) compile ulang kernel, dan terjadi lagi seperti di atas. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Ubuntu Indonesia] Reference
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