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Noun: trumpet tree  trúm-pit tree
  1. 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