The Clue
Material for sleeping bags (5 letter answer)
The Answer
KAPOK
Tags
Notes
The answer KAPOK is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
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Definition
KAPOK as a noun:
1. (kapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk) = a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
2. (kapok, ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree, Ceiba pentandra) = massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber