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 | ||