1) Genus malpighia 2) Rosid dicot genus 3) Type genus of the ceae 
• (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.
Mal·pi'ghi·a noun [ New Latin See Malpighian .] (Botany) 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, named after Marcello Malpighi, is a genus of plants, the type of the natural order Malpighiaceae. The species are small trees or shrubs, with opposite shortly-stalked leaves and axillary and terminal fascicles or corymbs of white or red flowers. The fruit of one species (Malpighia urens) is the Barbados cherry of the West Indies.
[n] - type genus of the Malpighiaceae
genus Malpighia noun type genus of the Malpighiaceae