SNAKE WOOD

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Meaning:

Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems

Synonyms:

Cecropia peltata; imbauba; snake wood; trumpet-wood; trumpet tree; trumpetwood

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("snake wood" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("snake wood" is a member of...):

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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