| NOUN | plant | genus Cecropia, Cecropia | large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning |
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| 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 | 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 | |
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