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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as trumpet-tree.
Wiktionary
- n. A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the breadfruit family, whose hollow stems can be used for wind instruments.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for wind instruments; -- called also
snakewood , andtrumpet tree .
WordNet 3.0
- n. tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
- n. tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
Etymologies
- trumpet + wood (Wiktionary)
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Tree names that end in -wood. Anything ending in -wood that only refers to the wood, eg. applewood, firewood, etc. shall not be planted in this garden.
moosewood, ironwood, blackwood, sandalwood, milkwood, redwood, agarwood, buttonwood, agilawood, eaglewood, camwood, lemonwood and 71 more...
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