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sterculia

[ stur-kyoo-lee-uh ]

noun

  1. any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.


sterculia

/ stɜːˈkjuːlɪə /

noun

  1. a dietary fibre used as a food stabilizer and denture adhesive. It is the dried gum tapped from the trunk and stems of the tree Sterculia urens , native to Central India and Pakistan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sterculia1

1765–75; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin Stercul ( us ) a Roman deity supposed to have invented manuring (derivative of stercus manure, excrement) + ia -ia; from the fetid odor of the blossoms of certain species
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Example Sentences

This is a large, spreading tree (a species of sterculia) under which the bentang is commonly placed.

The inner bark of Sterculia villosa is used for making ropes for timber-dragging purposes.

Sterculia was frequent, and we collected a great quantity of its ripe seeds.

The country was well grassed and openly wooded with box, sterculia, leguminous ironbark, and terminalia.

Casually found on the Nam Toroon, a Sterculia arborea, florib-masculis clavato, infundibul.

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