Noun: trumpet tree trúm-pit tree
- Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
"Indigenous people used trumpet tree to make musical instruments";
- trumpetwood, trumpet-wood, snake wood, imbauba, Cecropia peltata
Derived forms: trumpet trees
Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree
Part of: Cecropia, genus Cecropia
Encyclopedia: Trumpet tree