Type genus of the Malpighiaceae

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Malpighia'' of tropical American shrubs.

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Malpighia is a genus of flowering plants in the nance family, Malpighiaceae . It contains about 45 species of shrubs or small trees , all of which are native to the American tropics . The generic name honours Marcello Malpighi , a 17th-century Italian physician ...

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Malpighia \Mal*pi"ghi*a\, n. [NL. See Malpighian .] (Bot.) A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia glabra (formerly Malpighia urens ) are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries ...