GENUS STERCULIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sterculia mean? 

• GENUS STERCULIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS STERCULIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Sterculiaceae: deciduous or evergreen trees of Old and New World tropics and subtropics

  Familiarity information: GENUS STERCULIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS STERCULIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Sterculiaceae: deciduous or evergreen trees of Old and New World tropics and subtropics

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Sterculia" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sterculia"):

sterculia (any tree of the genus Sterculia)

Holonyms ("genus Sterculia" is a member of...):

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)