Jatropha

See also: jatropha

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰατρός (iatrós, “physician”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”).

Proper noun

Jatropha f

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – many tropical American plants including many whose fruits are purgative or poisonous.

Hypernyms

(tribe): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order]; Euphorbiaceae - family; Euphorbioideae - subfamily; Jatropheae - tribe

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