sterlingite (1)

[After Sterling, New Jersey, "Rearing curious exotics sterile of all flowers or fruit." where found; suff. -ite ( Min.).] -G. H. Lewes: Hist . Philos . (ed. 1880), ii. 8. sterile-wood, s. Botany : Coprosma fætidi ima , a cinchonaceous plant from New Zealand. stěr-Il'-1-ty, *ster-il-1-tie, subst . [Fr. stérilité , from Lat. sterilitatem , acc us. of sterilitas , from ster ilis sterile (q. v.); Sp. esterilidad ; Ital. sterelita .] I. Literally : 1. The quality or state of being sterile; barrenne , unproductive ne , unfruitfulne . " Sterility has been said to be the bane of horticulture." -Darwin: Origin of Species (ed. 1859), p. 9. Sterility in animals and plants may be constitutional or accidental, and often arises from Min.: The same as ZINCITE (q. v.).