Jatropha
See also: jatropha
Translingual
Wikispecies
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