sterculiaceous
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Translingual Sterculia, 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)
- (botany) Of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant.