pumpwood

English

Noun

pumpwood (plural pumpwoods)

1. A tropical tree of the genus Cecropia.
   • 2012, Victor Savage, Environment and Climate Change in Asia: Ecological Footprints and Green Prospect‎^[1], page ##:

     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.