Definition of Cecropia peltata

1. Noun. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cecropia Peltata

Cecelia
Cecidomyidae
Cecie
Cecil
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille
Cecil Frank Powell
Cecil J. Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Scott Forester
Cecile
Cecilia
Cecily
Cecina
Cecropia peltata
Cecropiaceae
Cedar
Cedar Rapids
Cedrela
Cedrela calantas
Cedrela odorata
Cedric
Cedrus
Cedrus atlantica
Cedrus deodara
Cedrus libani
CeeCee
Ceefax

Literary usage of Cecropia peltata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1878)
"... and cecropia peltata, serving as food for ants, and first mentioned by Mr. Belt in his " Naturalist in Nicaragua." In Acacia were two kinds of ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... which have a regular arrangement, as in the Walnut, Jessamine, and Cecropia peltata ; it is then called ..."

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