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Meaning of "sterculiaceous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STERCULIACEOUS

Via New Latin from Latin Sterculius god of manuring, from stercus dung, alluding to the odour of some species.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STERCULIACEOUS

sterculiaceous  [stɜːˌkjuːlɪˈeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STERCULIACEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sterculiaceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STERCULIACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sterculiaceous in the English dictionary

The definition of sterculiaceous in the dictionary is of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STERCULIACEOUS


alliaceous
ˌælɪˈeɪʃəs
anacardiaceous
ˌænəˌkɑːdɪˈeɪʃəs
aquifoliaceous
ˌækwɪˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
bignoniaceous
bɪɡˌnəʊnɪˈeɪʃəs
bromeliaceous
brəʊˌmiːlɪˈeɪʃəs
caesalpiniaceous
ˌsɛzælˌpɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
caprifoliaceous
ˌkæprɪˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
coriaceous
ˌkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs
foliaceous
ˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
geraniaceous
dʒɪˌreɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
liliaceous
ˌlɪlɪˈeɪʃəs
loganiaceous
ləʊˌɡeɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
magnoliaceous
mæɡˌnəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
nymphaeaceous
ˌnɪmfɪˈeɪʃəs
ostreaceous
ˌɒstrɪˈeɪʃəs
paleaceous
ˌpeɪlɪˈeɪʃəs
polemoniaceous
ˌpɒlɪˌməʊnɪˈeɪʃəs
scrophulariaceous
ˌskrɒfjʊˌlɛərɪˈeɪʃəs
subcoriaceous
ˌsʌbkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs
tiliaceous
ˌtɪlɪˈeɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STERCULIACEOUS

steradian
stercoraceous
stercoral
stercoranism
stercoranist
stercorarious
stercorary
stercorate
stercoricolous
sterculia
stere
stereo
stereo effect
stereo sound
stereo system
stereoacuity
stereobate
stereobatic
stereoblind
stereocard

WORDS THAT END LIKE STERCULIACEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
cretaceous
crustaceous
curvaceous
diatomaceous
ericaceous
farinaceous
gorgeous
herbaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
proteinaceous
sebaceous
siliceous
the Cretaceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of sterculiaceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sterculiaceous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STERCULIACEOUS

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Translator English - Chinese

sterculiaceous
1,325 millions of speakers

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sterculiaceous
570 millions of speakers

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sterculiaceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sterculiaceous
380 millions of speakers
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sterculiaceous
280 millions of speakers

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sterculiaceous
278 millions of speakers

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sterculiaceous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sterculiaceous
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sterculiaceous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sterculiaceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sterculiaceous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sterculiaceous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sterculiaceous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sterculiaceous
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sterculiaceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sterculiaceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्परकुलाइसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sterculiaceous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sterculiaceous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sterculiaceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sterculiaceous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sterculiaceous
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

sterculiaceous
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

sterculiaceous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sterculiaceous
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

sterculiaceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sterculiaceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STERCULIACEOUS»

The term «sterculiaceous» is normally little used and occupies the 141.501 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STERCULIACEOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sterculiaceous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sterculiaceous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sterculiaceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STERCULIACEOUS»

Discover the use of sterculiaceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sterculiaceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Botany
the arborescent Hibisceae than with any true Sterculiaceous genera. It is true that the smooth pollen-grains have been adduced as a positive character connecting them rather with Sterculiaceae than with Malvaceaa, but its constancy is very ...
‎1862
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The Journal of the Linnean Society of London
the arborescent Hibisceae than with any true Sterculiaceous genera. It is true that the smooth pollen-grains have been adduced as a positive character connecting them rather with Sterculiaceae than with Malvaceae, but its constancy is very ...
Linnean Society (London), 1862
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Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
the arborescent Hibisceae than with any true Sterculiaceous genera. It is true that the smooth pollen-grains have been adduced as a positive character connecting them rather with Sterculiaceae than with Malvaceae, but its constancy is very ...
Linnean Society of London, 1861
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Journal: Botany
the arborescent Ilibisceae than with any true Sterculiaceous genera. It is true that the smooth pollen-grains have been adduced as a positive character connecting them rather with Sterculiaceae than with Malvaceae, but its constancy is very far ...
Linnean Society of London, 1862
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Cretaceous-tertiary High-latitude Palaeoenvironments: James ...
Although no cuticles are preserved, thus hindering systematic placement, Hayes (1996, 1999) concluded that the dominant leaf form in this flora shows great similarity to the Magnoliales with a strong component of sterculiaceous (Fig. 5E) and ...
Jane E. Francis, Duncan Pirrie, J. Alistair Crame, 2006
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The Seeds of Dicotyledons
The strangely arillate seed has a fibrous exotegmen which is neither Sterculiaceous nor Tiliaceous. The parietal placentation may favour Tiliaceae, for it is recorded in Sicrea, but it would follow incipient syncarpy of apocarpous Sterculiaceae.
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Publication: Botanical series
The stamens are all fertile, no staminodia being present as in most sterculiaceous genera. The condition of the stamens being opposite the petals, a situation duplicated by some members of the Sterculiaceae, such as Theobroma and allied ...
‎1939
8
The Miocene Seldovia Point Flora from the Kenai Group, Alaska
Knoblock and Kvacek (1964), however, synonymized these two species and further considered them to represent a sterculiaceous plant, Byttneriophyllum tiliaefolium (A. Braun) Knobl. et Kvac. This reassignment is based on examination of ...
Jack A. Wolfe, Toshimasa Tanai, 1980
9
Forest Plants of Eastern India
Caesalpinia crispa, Echinocarpus sterculiaceous, Castanopsis species (all these are in demand). (iii) Hard Fungi. Daedalia flavida, Lentinus praerigidus and Polystictus xanthopus are very much in demand. Ganoderma and some Fomes and ...
Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri, 1993
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The Vegetation of Antarctica Through Geological Time
A, King George Island, BAS P. 3023 dulating character to the growth C, atherosperrnataceous wood from Cross Valley, ins Glac leaves from the Paleocene Cross Valley of Seymour Island. E, sterculiaceous type licified wood ier Flora, ristic un ...
David J. Cantrill, Imogen Poole, 2012

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sterculiaceous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sterculiaceous>. May 2024 ».
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