
• (a.) 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.
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Describing hairs which are centrally attached and tapered to two slender tips.
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Mal·pi`ghi·a'ceous adjective (Botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (
Malpighiaceæ ), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests.
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