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[syn: trumpetwood, trumpet-wood, trumpet tree, snake wood, imbauba, Cecropia peltata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trumpetwood \Trump"et*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the
Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for
wind instruments; -- called also snakewood, and trumpet
tree.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Cecropia peltata
n 1: tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow
stems [syn: trumpetwood, trumpet-wood, trumpet tree,
snake wood, imbauba, Cecropia peltata]