English noun: genus Cecropia | |||
1. | genus Cecropia (plant) large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc | ||
Synonyms | Cecropia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | ||
Member holonym | Cecropia peltata, imbauba, snake wood, trumpet tree, trumpet-wood, trumpetwood | ||
Member meronym | Cecropiaceae, family Cecropiaceae | ||