CECROPIA

cecropia, cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia

(noun) North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees

Cecropia, genus Cecropia

(noun) large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

cecropia (plural cecropias)

A large saturniid moth native to North America, Hyalophora cecropia, having distinctive red, white and black markings on the wings

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 April 2025

APPROXIMATE

(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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