noun
- Large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc.
- synonyms: genus Cecropia
- North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees.
- synonyms: cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia
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