单词 | sterculia |
释义 | sterculia /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 to have invented manuring (deriv. of stercus manure, excrement) + ia -IA; from the fetid odor of the blossoms of certain species] |
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