sterculiaceous.
Of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant.
Meaning & usage
Of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant.
Where this word comes from
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.
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