| Noun | 1. | 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 |