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Definition: Sterculiaceous
Sterculiaceous
\Ster*cu`li*a"ceous\, a. [NL. Sterculia, the
typical genus, fr. L. Sterculius the deity that presided over
manuring, from stercus dung. So called because one of the
original species is fetid.] (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order (
Sterculiace[ae]) of
polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao
(
Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order.
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