malpighia

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Definition of malpighia

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noun

  1. Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
    “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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Etymology

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

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