imbauban.
/ɪmˈbɔːbə//ɪmbəˈuːbə/ A Brazilian tree of the genus Cecropia, esp. C. peltata, which has a hollow stem and yields a softwood timber; also called trumpet-tree, trumpet-wood. Cf. cecropia n. 1. Also attributive.
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a1893 R. Spruce Notes of Botanist on Amazon & Andes (1908) I. i. 39 Many leaves are grey or hoary beneath, as in the Cecropias (or Imba-úbas, as they are called by the Indians).
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. s.v. Ant Imbauba ant, a Brazilian arboreal ant, of the genus Azteca, which forms small nests in the interior of plants and is thought to protect them from the attacks of the leaf-cutting ants.
1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xi. 62 The Imbauba, or Cecropia tree, of Southern Brazil.
1924 S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. 145 There are various species of Cecropia in Brazil, at least twelve in the Amazon region, and they are generally known by the name of ‘imbaúba’ or ‘embaúba’.
1927 R. R. Gates Botanist in Amazon Valley iv. 83 Another characteristic tree fringing the bank..in front of the main forest, is imbauba.
1931 B. Miall tr. C. Guenther Naturalist in Brazil xvii. 319 Another kind of Aztec ant inhabits the interior of the trunk of the Imbauba-tree.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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