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sterculiaceous

sterculiaceous adjective: of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant.

Adjective

sterculiaceous (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant.

Origin of sterculiaceous

From translingual Sterculia + -aceous, the typical genus, from Latin Sterculius (“the deity that presided over manuring”), from stercus (“dung”). So called because one of the original species has a foetid smell.

Questions about sterculiaceous

What does sterculiaceous mean?
Sterculiaceous means of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant.
What part of speech is sterculiaceous?
Sterculiaceous is an adjective.

Words near sterculiaceous in the dictionary

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

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