sterculiaceous

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From translingual Sterculia +‎ -aceous, the typical genus, from Latin Sterculius (“the deity that presided over manuring”), from stercus (“dung”). So called because one of the original species has a foetid smell.

Adjective

sterculiaceous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant.
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