Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malpighia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: malpighia
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.

Example Sentences

"He had identified a cestrum, a malpighia, and a climbing vine he suspected was a cissus when Dorrie and Gerry came across the terrace and pulled up deck chairs on either side of him."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Malpighia, named after Italian biologist and physician Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694).

Word Breakdown

Root: Malpighia

Inflected Forms

malpighias (plural)

Questions

What does malpighia mean?: Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
Where does malpighia come from?: Borrowed from translingual Malpighia, named after Italian biologist and physician Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694).

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