|trōnə|dȯ(ə)r noun
( -s )
Etymology: American Spanish, literally, thunderer, from Spanish, from tronar to thunder, modification of Latin tonare; from its noisy dehiscence — more at thunder
1. : a Central American, Mexican, and West Indian woody herb ( Abutilon trisulcatum )
2. : the bast fiber of the tronador used especially for ropes and nets