malpighia

See also: Malpighia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Malpighia, named after Italian biologist and physician Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694).

Noun

malpighia (plural malpighias)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
    • 2016, Joan Hess, The Deadly Ackee:
      He had identified a cestrum, a malpighia, and a climbing vine he suspected was a cissus when Dorrie and Gerry came across the terrace and pulled up deck chairs on either side of him.

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