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1Sterculiaceae — is a botanical name for a group of flowering plants at the rank of family, which is now widely considered obsolete. As is true for any botanical name, the circumscription, status and placement of the taxon has varied with taxonomic point of view …
2sterculia — /sterr kyooh lee euh/, n. 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. [1765 75; < NL, equiv. to L Stercul(us) a Roman deity supposed… …
