esterculiáceo, a.
(Of Sterculia, name of a genus of plants, and -áceo).
1. adj. Bot. It is said of las matas, shrubs and the angiospermos dicotiledonous trees with leaves alternate and hairy, axillary flowers and fruit almost always capsule rarely indehiscent; e.g. the abroma and cocoa. U t. c. s. f.
2. f. pl. Bot. These plant family.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
