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sterculiaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ster-cu-li-a-ceous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does sterculiaceous mean?
Of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant.
Where does sterculiaceous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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