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TRUMPET TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trumpet tree mean?
• TRUMPET TREE (noun)
The noun TRUMPET TREE has 1 sense:
1. tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
Familiarity information: TRUMPET TREE 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 ("trumpet tree" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("trumpet tree" 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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