pumpwood

English

Noun

pumpwood (plural pumpwoods)

  1. A tropical tree of the genus Cecropia.
    • 2012, Victor Savage, Environment and Climate Change in Asia: Ecological Footprints and Green Prospect‎, page ##:
      The red-claw freshwater crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus), which, as an ecological equivalent to native freshwater crabs, could potentially threaten the place of Singapore's endemic freshwater crab species; and the South American pumpwood tree (Cecropia pachystachya), which may compete with the very similar native pioneer trees in the genus Macaranga.
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