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sterculia

sterculia noun: any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs, of the genus Sterculia, many of which bear commercially important, oil-rich seeds.

sterculia: any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs, of the genus Sterculia, many of which bear...
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Noun

sterculia (plural sterculias)

  1. Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs, of the genus Sterculia, many of which bear commercially important, oil-rich seeds

Forms of sterculia

pluralsterculias

Origin of sterculia

From the genus name.

Words that rhyme with sterculia

Questions about sterculia

What does sterculia mean?
Sterculia means any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs, of the genus Sterculia, many of which bear commercially important, oil-rich seeds.
What part of speech is sterculia?
Sterculia is a noun.
What is the plural of sterculia?
The plural of sterculia is sterculias.

Words near sterculia in the dictionary

  1. stercorous
  2. stercory
  3. stercovorous
  4. sterculate
  5. sterculates
  6. sterculia
  7. sterculiaceous
  8. sterculias
  9. sterculic
  10. sterculic acid
  11. Sterculius

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