sterculiaceous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant. not-comparable

词源

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.
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