English noun: Cecropia | |||
1. | 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 | genus Cecropia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | ||
Member holonym | Cecropia peltata, imbauba, snake wood, trumpet tree, trumpet-wood, trumpetwood | ||
Member meronym | Cecropiaceae, family Cecropiaceae | ||
2. | cecropia (animal) North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees | ||
Synonyms | cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | saturniid, saturniid moth | ||