noun
tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
• Syn: ↑trumpet-wood, ↑trumpet tree, ↑snake wood, ↑imbauba, ↑Cecropia peltata
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cecropia, ↑genus Cecropia
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : a tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) with large peltate leaves and hollow stems — called also imbauba
Useful english dictionary. 2012.