sterculia

/stur-kyoo-lee-uh/US // stɜrˈkyu li ə //UK // (stɜːˈkjuːlɪə) //

灭菌器,灭菌剂,灭菌症,灭菌术

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : 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.

This is a large, spreading tree (a species of sterculia) under which the bentang is commonly placed.
The inner bark of Sterculia villosa is used for making ropes for timber-dragging purposes.
Sterculia was frequent, and we collected a great quantity of its ripe seeds.
The country was well grassed and openly wooded with box, sterculia, leguminous ironbark, and terminalia.
Casually found on the Nam Toroon, a Sterculia arborea, florib-masculis clavato, infundibul.