malpighia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.

Word forms

malpighia malpighias

Etymology

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

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