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sterculia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -uːliə

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

any tree of the genus Sterculia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Narrower terms: Panama tree, Sterculia apetala, kalumpang, Java olives, Sterculia foetida

History

Etymology

From the genus name.