cecropia

Noun
  1. Large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning;
    Milky juice yields caoutchouc (synset 112424989)
    is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
    member holonym: cecropia peltata, imbauba, snake wood, trumpet tree, trumpet-wood, trumpetwood - tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
    belongs to: cecropiaceae, family cecropiaceae - in some classifications included in family Moraceae
    same as: genus cecropia
  2. North American silkworm moth;
    Larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees (synset 102305936)
    is a type of: saturniid, saturniid moth - large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons
    same as: cecropia moth, hyalophora cecropia

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