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Cecropiaceae

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prop. n.1.A natural family of insects, in some classifications included in family Moraceae.
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Noun1.Cecropiaceae - in some classifications included in family Moraceae
dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
order Urticales, Urticales - an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae
Cecropia, genus Cecropia - large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc


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The Cecropiaceae family includes six genuses, the most important of them is the genus Cecropia formed by ca 75 tropical species usually found in lowlands, around dense forests, lakes and recently devastated areas.
 
 
 
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