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Kapok
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a mass of silky fibers that clothe the seeds of the tree and are used especially as a filling for mattresses, life preservers, and sleeping bags and as insulation
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Amazon
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geographical name
for the rainforest in Northern S. America flowing from Peruvian Andes into the Atlantic in N Brazil |
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ancestors
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one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent
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pollinate
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to carry pollen
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canopy
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the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest
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toucan
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fruit-eating birds of tropical America with brilliant coloring and a very large but light and thin-walled beak
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underbrush
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shrubs, bushes, or small trees growing beneath large trees in a wood or forest
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sloth
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animals having three clawed digits on each foot and nine vertebrae in the neck
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plodding
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to walk heavily or slowly
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dangle
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to hang loosely and usually so as to be able to swing freely
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Kapok
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a mass of silky fibers that clothe the seeds of the tree and are used especially as a filling for mattresses, life preservers, and sleeping bags and as insulation
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|
|
Amazon
|
geographical name
for the rainforest in Northern S. America flowing from Peruvian Andes into the Atlantic in N Brazil |
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ancestors
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one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent
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pollinate
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to carry pollen
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canopy
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the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest
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toucan
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fruit-eating birds of tropical America with brilliant coloring and a very large but light and thin-walled beak
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underbrush
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shrubs, bushes, or small trees growing beneath large trees in a wood or forest
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sloth
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animals having three clawed digits on each foot and nine vertebrae in the neck
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plodding
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to walk heavily or slowly
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dangle
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to hang loosely and usually so as to be able to swing freely
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dappled
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marked with spots or patches of light and dark (like on a pony)
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fragrant
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having a sweet smell
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pollen
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tiny, yellow grains produced in the anthers of flowers; male cells of flowering plants
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slithered
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slipped and slid along like a snake
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wondrous
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astonishing; delightful
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