TRUMPET TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trumpet tree mean? 

• TRUMPET TREE (noun)
  The noun TRUMPET TREE has 1 sense:

1. tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems

  Familiarity information: TRUMPET TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUMPET TREE (noun)

Meaning:

Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("trumpet tree" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("trumpet tree" 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)