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Noun: genus 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
    - Cecropia

Type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus

Part of: Cecropiaceae, family Cecropiaceae

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