cecropia
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cecropia /sɪˈkrəʊpɪə/
▶noun
- 1 a fast-growing tropical American tree. [Genus Cecropia.]
- 2 (also cecropia moth) a very large reddish-brown North American silk moth. [Platysamia cecropia.]
– origin C19: mod. L., from the name Cecrops, a king of Attica.
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