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Definition of Cecropias
1. cecropia [n] - See also: cecropia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cecropias
Literary usage of Cecropias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Moths of the Limberlost: With Water Color and Photographic Illustrations by Gene Stratton-Porter (1912)
"When spring came, and the cecropias emerged at the same time, ... Until the
emergence of the cecropias, my cocoons and pupa cases were kept on my dresser. ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario, Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871) (1874)
"The first night five male cecropias were taken, on the second ten and on the ...
On the 28th, the evening being warm and misty, six male cecropias were ..."
3. Travels in South America: From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean by Paul Marcoy (1875)
"A few dead old cecropias barely raised their withered branches towards heaven,
and seemed to protest against their having been thrust into such a marshy ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1837)
"Surrounded by lofty, airy Cassias, broad-leaved, thick-stemmed cecropias, ...
of silver-leaved cecropias, thorny Brazil-wood tree, of the Lecythis, ..."
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