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sterculia
[ stur-kyoo-lee-uh ]
noun
- 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
- 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
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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.
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The inner bark of Sterculia villosa is used for making ropes for timber-dragging purposes.
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Sterculia was frequent, and we collected a great quantity of its ripe seeds.
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The country was well grassed and openly wooded with box, sterculia, leguminous ironbark, and terminalia.
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Casually found on the Nam Toroon, a Sterculia arborea, florib-masculis clavato, infundibul.
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