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Definition of Malpighia

1. Noun. Type genus of the Malpighiaceae.

Definition of Malpighia

1. n. 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.

Definition of Malpighia

1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Malpighia'' of tropical American shrubs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Malpighia

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Medical Definition of Malpighia

1. 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. Origin: NL. See Malpighian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Malpighia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1897)
"(malpighia FAMILY.) Trees or shrubs, with opposite simple dotless and mostly stipulate leaves, and regular racemose or corymbose flowers on usually ..."

2. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"malpighia with a narrow Leaf, having Spines on the Under-fide. 4. ... Broad- leav'd malpighia, with Spines ork ' the Under-iide of the Leaves. 5. MAI. ..."

3. A Botanical Materia Medica: Consisting of the Generic and Specific by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"malpighia altissima. Leaves entire at the mat* gin, lanceolate, ferruginous underneath, glabrous on the upper surface. Racemi terminal, erect. Jacq. obs. i. ..."

4. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1913)
"SHORTER NOTES THE GENUS malpighia IN JAMAICA.—Heretofore we have known five species of malpighia from Jamaica, West Indies, together with the apparently ..."

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