Malpighia, genus Malpighia
(noun) type genus of the Malpighiaceae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name.
malpighia (plural malpighias)
(botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
Source: Wiktionary
Mal*pi"ghi*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Malpighian.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
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