STERCULIA FOETIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sterculia foetida mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STERCULIA FOETIDA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Java olives; kalumpang; Sterculia foetida

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

sterculia (any tree of the genus Sterculia)