NOUN | plant | Jatropha, genus Jatropha | a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae |
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Meaning | A mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. | |
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Synonym | genus Jatropha | |
Member of | Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family | A family of plants of order Geraniales |
Members | physic nut, Jatropha curcus | 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 |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | genus jatropha, jatropha | |
Catalan | genus jatropha, jatropha |
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