sterculia

sterculia tree (Sterculia foetida) in Pondicherry, India

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

  • From the genus name.

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