| Noun | 1. | family Sterculiaceae - a large family of plants of order Malvales dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Malvales, order Malvales - Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae genus Sterculia - type genus of the Sterculiaceae: deciduous or evergreen trees of Old and New World tropics and subtropics Brachychiton, genus Brachychiton - Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks) Cola, genus Cola - large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts genus Dombeya - genus of African shrubs or small trees Firmiana, genus Firmiana - small genus of Asian trees or shrubs genus Helicteres, Helicteres - genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another genus Heritiera, genus Terrietia, Heritiera, Terrietia - small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses genus Hermannia, Hermannia - genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers genus Pterospermum, Pterospermum - genus of tropical Asian trees and shrubs genus Tarrietia, Tarrietia - small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees genus Theobroma, Theobroma - cacao plants genus Triplochiton, Triplochiton - small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves |