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pumpwood

pumpwood noun: a tropical tree of the genus Cecropia.

Noun

pumpwood (plural pumpwoods)

  1. A tropical tree of the genus Cecropia.
    • 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...2012, Victor Savage, Environment and Climate Change in Asia: Ecological Footprints and Green Prospect, page ##

Forms of pumpwood

pluralpumpwoods

Questions about pumpwood

What does pumpwood mean?
Pumpwood means a tropical tree of the genus Cecropia.
What part of speech is pumpwood?
Pumpwood is a noun.
What is the plural of pumpwood?
The plural of pumpwood is pumpwoods.

Words near pumpwood in the dictionary

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  2. pumps up
  3. pumps up someone's tires
  4. pumpsman
  5. pumpsmen
  6. pumpwood
  7. pumpwoods
  8. pumpy
  9. pumsae
  10. pumse
  11. pumy

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