ster|cu|li|a family

ster|cu|li|a family
ster|cu|li|a family «stuhr KYOO lee uh»,
a group of dicotyledonous, chiefly tropical, trees, shrubs and herbs, including the bottle tree, cacao, kola, and flame-tree.
[< New Latin Sterculia the typical genus < Latin stercus, -oris dung (from the fetid odor of some species)]

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