Trumpet Tree (Noun)
Meaning
Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The Cecropia tree, also known as the trumpet tree, is commonly found in tropical regions of Central and South America.
- While exploring the Amazon rainforest the tourists came across the massive, hollow trunks of a large trumpet tree.
- As the trumpet tree grows older, the large leaves and leafstalks tend to fall away to reveal the unique structure of this tropical plant.
- Biologists study the trumpet tree for its hollow trunk that frequently shelters small birds and monkeys.
- The locals in the tropical region identified the trumpet tree by its broad leaves with long leafstalks that sprout from the center of the leaf.