Crossword-Solution: PELTATA
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PELTATA | anagram | LEAPTAT, TAPETAL |
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| West Indies tree | 21 answers |
| West Indies plant | 27 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEREA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PELTATA (5)
The island was wooded chiefly with the trumpet tree (Cecropia peltata), which has a hollow stem and smooth pale bark.
Peltate saxifrage, _Saxifraga peltata._* Rose mallow, _Hibiscus Moscheutos._* Elecampane, _Inula Helenium_ (Fig.
They scarce stir from the spot in which they may be placed, or at all events move so slowly as to be a whole hour in getting from one tree to another, or even from one limb to another! They spend most part of their time upon the trees (the _cecropia peltata_ is their favourite), usually clinging to the branches with their backs downward; and in this way they crawl from one to another, uttering at intervals a plaintive cry, which resembles the syllable _ai_, uttered several times in succession.
CECROPIA PELTATA.--The South American trumpet tree, so called because its hollow branches are used for musical instruments.
The flowers of this species (_Saxifraga peltata_) are purple, and form tall glandular racemes that are in bloom before the appearance of the leaves.