sterculiaceous

Meaning

Adjective

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

Origin

From Translingual Sterculia -aceous, the typical genus, from Latin Sterculius, from stercus. So called because one of the original species has a foetid smell.

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