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CECROPIA PELTATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cecropia peltata mean?
• CECROPIA PELTATA (noun)
The noun CECROPIA PELTATA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
Familiarity information: CECROPIA PELTATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cecropia peltata; imbauba; snake wood; trumpet-wood; trumpet tree; trumpetwood
Hypernyms ("Cecropia peltata" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("Cecropia peltata" is a member of...):
Cecropia; genus Cecropia (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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