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JATROPHA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms:
genus Jatropha; Jatropha
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Jatropha" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Jatropha"):
Jatropha curcus; physic nut (small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities)
Holonyms ("Jatropha" is a member of...):
Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)
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