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cecropia|sɪˈkrəʊpɪə|
[mod.L. (C. Linnæus in P. Löfling Iter Hispanicum (1758) 272), f. Cecrops, an early king of Attica.]
1. Any tree of the genus so called of moraceous trees of tropical America, including some species whose milky sap yields rubber.
1824H. E. Lloyd tr. Spix & Martius's Trav. in Brazil I. ii. ii. 209 An impenetrable thicket, amidst which grow immense stems..of silver-leaved cecropia. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 447/1 Among the airy foliage of the mimosa, the cecropia elevates its giant leaves and heavy candelabra-shaped branches. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 98/1 The Cecropia, or trumpet tree of Central America, is tenanted by ants. 1930P. C. Standley Flora of Yucatan 244 The Cecropias are among the most conspicuous and characteristic trees of the Central American lowlands. 1969T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 134/1 Natives use the bark of cecropias for making cordage.
2. A large silk moth, Hyalophora cecropia, belonging to the family Saturniidæ and found in the eastern United States.
1868Amer. Naturalist II. 313 It is not a soft, flossy cocoon, like that of Cecropia. 1884Ibid. XVIII. 1046 Poison Glands in the skin of the Cecropia caterpillar. 1885Ibid. XIX. 1142 The anatomy of the Cecropia moth. 1909G. S. Porter Girl of Limberlost viii. 157 Big gray Cecropias come from this kind, brown Polyphemus from that. 1947L. Dubkin Enchanted Streets 152 The Cecropia is predominantly purple and orange, with two white crescents on the hind wings. |