mapou

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noun

On Haiti, the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra.

OriginHaitian Creole mapou →
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Meanings

nounmapou (plural mapous)

plural mapous

  1. On Haiti, the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra.

    It was calm and surprisingly cool in the mapou grove.

    2015, Madison Smartt Bell, Soul in a Bottle
    2 more examples

    “They found him beneath a great mapou tree, and one by one he called for his grandchildren, including Max's father.”

    1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 75

    The mapou belongs to Legba, the master of the crossroads, one of the most important gods in the pantheon, Apollo to Ogoun's Ares.

    2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 78

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
kapoksilk-cotton tree

Origin

  1. Haitian Creolemapou
  2. Englishmapou

From Haitian Creole mapou.

More words from Haitian Creole

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Cite this entry
APA

mapou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mapou

MLA

“mapou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mapou. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mapou,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mapou.

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