Malpighiaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malpighiaceous \Mal*pi`ghi*a"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
     Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical
     trees and shrubs ({Malpighiaceae}), some of them climbing
     plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of
     South American forests.
     [1913 Webster]