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TRUMPET-WOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
Synonyms:
Cecropia peltata; imbauba; snake wood; trumpet-wood; trumpet tree; trumpetwood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trumpet-wood" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("trumpet-wood" 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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