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Noun	1.	Cecropia - large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc genus Cecropia dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Cecropiaceae, family Cecropiaceae - in some classifications included in family Moraceae Cecropia peltata, imbauba, snake wood, trumpet tree, trumpet-wood, trumpetwood - tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
	2.	cecropia - North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia saturniid, saturniid moth - large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons