trumpetwood Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
Cecropia peltata; imbauba; snake wood; trumpet tree; trumpet-wood.

WordNet

Trump"et*wood` noun

Definitions

(Bot.) A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for wind instruments; -- called also snakewood, and trumpet tree.

Webster 1913

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