Associations to the word «Sterculiaceae»

Wiktionary

STERCULIACEAE, proper noun. (archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Malvales   — now Sterculioideae, a subfamily of Malvaceae.

Dictionary definition

STERCULIACEAE, noun. A large family of plants of order Malvales.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats