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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 stemsplay

  Familiarity information: CECROPIA PELTATA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CECROPIA PELTATA (noun)


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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