[ sɪ'krəʊpɪə ]
■ noun
1》 a fast-growing tropical American tree. [Genus Cecropia .]
2》 (also ~ moth ) a very large reddish-brown North American silk moth. [ Platysamia ~ .]
Origin
C19: mod. L., from the name Cecrops , a king of Attica.
[ sɪ'krəʊpɪə ]
■ noun
1》 a fast-growing tropical American tree. [Genus Cecropia .]
2》 (also ~ moth ) a very large reddish-brown North American silk moth. [ Platysamia ~ .]
Origin
C19: mod. L., from the name Cecrops , a king of Attica.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004