Definitions for trumpet-tree

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trumpet-tree trum·pet-tree

Spelling: [truhm-pit-tree]

IPA: /ˈtrʌm pɪtˌtri/

Trumpet-Tree is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 176 anagrams from letters in trumpet-tree (-eeemprrtttu).

Definitions for trumpet-tree

noun

1. a tropical American tree, Cecropia peltata, of the mulberry family, having hollow, jointed stems and branches used in making certain wind instruments.

Origin of trumpet-tree

First recorded in 1750-60

Examples for trumpet-tree

They feed chiefly on the leaves of the trumpet-tree (Cecropia), resembling our horse-chestnut.

"There is another tree, called the trumpet-tree," continued their uncle.

In 1882 I captured several at flowers of the trumpet-tree (Brugmansia) in a garden near Auckland.