pumpwood

plural pumpwoods

1. A tropical tree of the genus Cecropia.

   1 more example

   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 very similar native pioneer trees in the genus Macaranga.

   2012, Victor Savage, Environment and Climate Change in Asia: Ecological Footprints and Green Prospect, page ##