Definition of Sterculia foetida

1. Noun. Large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food.

Exact synonyms: Java Olives, Kalumpang
Generic synonyms: Sterculia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterculia Foetida

Stephen Leacock
Stephen Michael Reich
Stephen Samuel Wise
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Spender
Stephen Vincent Benet
Stephen William Hawking
Stephens
Stephenson
Stephie
Stercorariidae
Stercorarius
Stercorarius parasiticus
Sterculia acerifolia
Sterculia apetala
Sterculia foetida
Sterculia rupestris
Sterculiaceae
Sterculius
Stereospondyli
Sterling
Sterna
Sterna hirundo
Sterne
Sternean
Sterninae
Sternotherus
Sterope
Stesichorus
Stetson

Literary usage of Sterculia foetida

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"... and tinged with red. This species is distributed from northern Luzon to southern Mindanao. Family STERCULIACEAE Genus STERCULIA sterculia foetida L. ..."

2. The timber trees, timber and fancy woods, as also, the forests of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"... Dr. Cleghorn in the Jury Reports, noticing sterculia foetida, ... and Sterculia foetida, as trees which produce the " Poon" woods of commerce. ..."

3. Reading List on Papermaking Materials by Clarence Jay West (1921)
"sterculia foetida. Flame tree. Dodge, CR, 1897, page 305. Guilfoyle. Sterculia lucida. Sycamore. Dodge, CR, 1897. page 305. e Guilfoyle. Sterculia ramosa. ..."

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