malpighiaceous, a. Bot.
(mælpɪgɪˈeɪʃəs)
[a. mod.L. Malpighia a genus of plants (f. name of Marcello Malpighi (1628–94) an Italian physician) + -aceous.]
Pertaining to or characteristic of the family Malpighiaceæ.
| 1835 Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 156 Malpighiaceous and glandular hairs. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 341/1 In many species [of Malpighiaceæ] the hairs are attached to the leaves, &c. by the middle; so that hairs of that description have acquired the name of Malpighiaceous. |