0 a soft white material that is used as the filling in soft toys and cushions or for making a thick warm layer in clothes
To determine the components of the endocarp, recorded spectra were compared with spectra of the natural reference material kapok fibres, containing a mixture of cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose.
They include covering the kapok by polyvinylchloride sheeting to protect it from loss of buoyancy through contamination by oil.
I should like to ask a question about kapok.
There are no other requirements or instructions about the use of kapok in lifesaving equipment.
So that we are left with kapok as one of the possible alternatives for stuffing cushions.
Kapok was defined as something used for stuffing pillows.
Some of the principal garments were woollen underclothes, heavy woollen socks and jerseys, leather jerkins, lined rubber boots, leather gauntlets, windproof smocks and trousers, and kapok coats.
The seedheads are harvested for their soft fibres, rubbed between the palms and used as kapok for pillows.