英语词汇“sterculia”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

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sterculia

释义

‖ sterculia|stɜːˈkjuːlɪə|
[mod.L., f. Sterculius the god of manuring, f. stercus dung.]
1. Bot. A genus of polypetalous plants (typical of the N.O. Sterculiaceæ); a plant of this genus.
Most of the species are trees, and all contain mucilaginous gum; some have a fetid odour, whence the name.
1771Encycl. Brit. III. 627 Sterculia.1857Livingstone Trav. S. Africa xxvi. 534 A kind of sterculia, which is the most common tree at Loanda.1866Treas. Bot. 1098/1 All the Sterculias contain mucilage.
2. Ent. A beetle of the family Xantholinidæ.
1874J. G. Wood Insects Abr. vi. 77 The Sterculias are readily known by their very peculiar shape.
Hence sterculiˈaceous a. Bot. pertaining to the Sterculiaceæ; sterˈculiad, a sterculiaceous plant.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 361 Sterculiads..are chiefly remarkable for the abundance of mucilage they contain.1866Treas. Bot. s.v. Bombax, A genus of large soft-wooded trees belonging to the order of Sterculiads.1885Athenæum 26 Dec. 846/2 This sterculaceous [sic] tree is a native of the tropics.1898Syd. Soc. Lex., Sterculiaceous.

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