Malpighia

Malpighia
noun
type genus of the Malpighiaceae
Syn: ↑genus Malpighia
Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Malpighiaceae, ↑family Malpighiaceae
Member Meronyms: ↑jiqui, ↑Malpighia obovata

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\\malˈpigēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Marcello Malpighi died 1694 Italian anatomist + New Latin -ia
: a genus of tropical American shrubs and trees (family Malpighiaceae) having a glandular calyx and drupaceous fruit — see jiqui

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Malpighia /mal-pigˈi-ə/
noun
The Barbados cherry genus of tropical American trees, shrubs, and lianes, giving name to the family Malpighiāˈceae of the order Geraniales
Malpighˈian adjective
Applied to several structures, esp in the kidney, investigated by Marcello Malpighi (1628–94), Italian anatomist

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