sterculia : Idioms & Phrases

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genus sterculia

  • noun type genus of the Sterculiaceae: deciduous or evergreen trees of Old and New World tropics and subtropics
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sterculia acerifolia

  • noun south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
    flame durrajong; Brachychiton acerifolius; flame tree.
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sterculia apetala

  • noun large deciduous tree native to Panama and from which the country takes its name; having densely leafy crown and naked trunk
    Panama tree.
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sterculia family

  • noun a large family of plants of order Malvales
    Sterculiaceae; family Sterculiaceae.
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sterculia foetida

  • noun large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food
    Java olives; kalumpang.
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sterculia gum

  • noun exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics
    karaya gum.
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sterculia rupestris

  • noun large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia
    narrow-leaved bottletree; Brachychiton rupestris; Queensland bottletree.
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