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Malpighia Malpighia Mal*pi"ghi*a, n. [NL. See Malpighian.] (Bot.)
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.
Malpighia Barbados Bar*ba"dos or Barbadoes Bar*ba"does, n.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
cherry, etc.
Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies
(Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a
cherry.
Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to
hot climates.
Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant
growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and
their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See
Physic nut.
Malpighia urens Malpighia Mal*pi"ghi*a, n. [NL. See Malpighian.] (Bot.)
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.
Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceous Mal*pi`ghi*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical
trees and shrubs (Malpighiace[ae]), some of them climbing
plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of
South American forests.
Malpighiaceous Malpighiaceous Mal*pi`ghi*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical
trees and shrubs (Malpighiace[ae]), some of them climbing
plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of
South American forests.
Malpighian Malpighian Mal*pi"ghi*an, a. (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an
Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
Malhighiancapsules or corpuscles, the globular
dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts,
at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney.
Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen, masses of adenoid
tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.
Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen Malpighian Mal*pi"ghi*an, a. (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an
Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
Malhighiancapsules or corpuscles, the globular
dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts,
at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney.
Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen, masses of adenoid
tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.
