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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Malpighiaceous

· Mal·pi·ghi·a·ceous · IPA
01 a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceae), some of them climbing plants, and their ste…
  1. 1.
    Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceae), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests.(Bot.)