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Noun: cecropia
  1. North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees
    - cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia
Noun: Cecropia
  1. Large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fibre used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc
    - genus Cecropia

Derived forms: cecropias

Type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, saturniid, saturniid moth

Part of: Cecropiaceae, family Cecropiaceae

Encyclopedia: Cecropia

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cecal appendage
Cecidomyidae
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille
Cecil Frank Powell
Cecil J. Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Scott Forester
cecity
cecropia
cecropia moth
Cecropia peltata
Cecropiaceae
cecum
cedar
cedar chest
cedar elm
cedar mahogany
cedar nut