sterculia apetala

1. 1.

   large deciduous tree native to Panama and from which the country takes its name; having densely leafy crown and naked trunk

   SynonymsPanama tree

   Broadersterculia

Questions about sterculia apetala

What does sterculia apetala mean?

sterculia apetala means "large deciduous tree native to Panama and from which the country takes its name; having densely leafy crown and naked trunk".

What is another word for sterculia apetala?

Close synonyms include Panama tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sterculia apetala a common word?

sterculia apetala is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.