MALPIGHIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malpighiaceae mean? 

• MALPIGHIACEAE (noun)
  The noun MALPIGHIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. tropical shrubs or trees

  Familiarity information: MALPIGHIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALPIGHIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical shrubs or trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Malpighiaceae; Malpighiaceae

Hypernyms ("Malpighiaceae" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Malpighiaceae"):

genus Malpighia; Malpighia (type genus of the Malpighiaceae)

Holonyms ("Malpighiaceae" is a member of...):

Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)