| NOUN | plant | Cecropia, genus Cecropia | large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning |
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| animal | cecropia, cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia | North American silkworm moth |
| Meaning | large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc. | |
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| Synonym | genus Cecropia | |
| Member of | Cecropiaceae, family Cecropiaceae | In some classifications included in family Moraceae |
| Members | trumpetwood, trumpet-wood, trumpet tree, snake wood, imbauba, Cecropia peltata | Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | cecropia, genus cecropia | |
| Catalan | cecropia, genus cecropia | |
| Meaning | North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest / forest trees. | |
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| Synonyms | cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia | |
| Broader | saturniid, saturniid moth | large brightly colored and usually tropical moth |
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