cecropian.
/sɪˈkrəʊpɪə/ 1. Any tree of the genus so called of moraceous trees of tropical America, including some species whose milky sap yields rubber.
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1824 H. E. Lloyd tr. J. B. von Spix & C. F. P. von Martius Trav. Brazil I. ii. ii. 209 An impenetrable thicket, amidst which grow immense stems..of silver-leaved cecropia.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 447/1 Among the airy foliage of the mimosa, the cecropia elevates its giant leaves and heavy candelabra-shaped branches.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 98/1 The Cecropia, or trumpet tree of Central America, is tenanted by ants.
1930 P. C. Standley Flora of Yucatan 244 The Cecropias are among the most conspicuous and characteristic trees of the Central American lowlands.
1969 T. 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.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Saturniidae > hyalophora cecropia (cecropia)
cecropia1868
1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 313 It is not a soft, flossy cocoon, like that of Cecropia.
1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 1046 Poison Glands in the skin of the Cecropia caterpillar.
1885 Amer. Naturalist 19 1142 The anatomy of the Cecropia moth.
1909 G. Stratton-Porter Girl of Limberlost viii. 157 Big gray Cecropias come from this kind, brown Polyphemus from that.
1947 L. Dubkin Enchanted Streets 152 The Cecropia is predominantly purple and orange, with two white crescents on the hind wings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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