sterculia
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.
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How to use sterculia in a sentence
This is a large, spreading tree (a species of sterculia) under which the bentang is commonly placed.
Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. 2 [of 2] | Mungo ParkThe inner bark of sterculia villosa is used for making ropes for timber-dragging purposes.
In the Andamans and Nicobars | C. Boden Klosssterculia was frequent, and we collected a great quantity of its ripe seeds.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig LeichhardtThe country was well grassed and openly wooded with box, sterculia, leguminous ironbark, and terminalia.
Journals of Australian Explorations | A C and F T GregoryCasually found on the Nam Toroon, a sterculia arborea, florib-masculis clavato, infundibul.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The | William Griffith
British Dictionary definitions for sterculia
/ (stɜːˈkjuːlɪə) /
a dietary fibre used as a food stabilizer and denture adhesive. It is the dried gum tapped from the trunk and stems of the tree Sterculia urens, native to Central India and Pakistan
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