Malpighieæ (malpigiee)

pl. [NL. (A. P. de Candolle, 1824), IMG:content-0144.png:[blocks in formation] malpractitioner (mal-prak-tish'on-er), n. mal- + practitioner , after malpractice .] A phy- sician who is guilty of malpractice. type of the natural order Malpighiaceæ and the tribe Malpighieæ, characterized by having an entire 2- or 3-celled ovary, terminal free styles with obtuse stigmas, a calyx with from 6 to 10 glands, and a drupaceous fruit with 3 crested seeds. They are trees or shrubs with opposite leaves, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, and red, white, or rose-colored flowers in axillary or terminal clusters. There are about 20 species, all natives of tropical America. M. glabra is the Surinam cherry, M. urens the cow Malmasye, and yet doth; howbeit groweth now [1506] and M. punicifolia the Barbados cherry. more plenteously in Camdia and Modena, and no where ellys. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 12. Ther [in Candia] groweth the Voyne that ys callyd Malweysy and muskedell. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 20. 2. A wine, usually sweet, strong, and of high flavor, originally and still made in Greece, but now especially in the Canary and Madeira islands, and also in the Azores and in Spain. The name is given somewhat loosely to such wines, and is used in combination, as Malmsey - Madeira . Compare malvasia . A Cask, through want of vse grow'n fusty, Makes with his stink the best Greeke Malmsey musty. By this hand, I love thee next to malmsey in a morning, Of all things transitory. F. mal- + presentation.] In obstet., abnormal presentation in childbirth, as of a shoulder. mal propriety (mal-pro-prī'e-ti), n. [= F. mal propreté; as mal -and propriety.] Want of proper condition; slovenline ; dirtine . [Rare.] The whole interior had a harmonious air of sloth, stupidity, and mal propriety . E. Eggleston , The Graysons, xvii. malskert, v. i. [ME. malskren , malscren , mas ken ; malscran , in verbal n. malscrung (= OHG. mascrunc ), fascination; cf. OS. malsk , proud, = Goth. * malsks , foolish.] To wander. The ledez of that lyttel toun wern lopen out for drede, In-to that malscrande mere, marred bylyue. Alliterative Poems , (ed. Morris), ii. 991. Malpighiaceæ (mal-pig-i-a'sē-ē), n . pl . [NL. (A. L. de Ju ieu, 1811), Malpighia + -aceæ .] A natural order of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants belonging to the cohort Geraniales , typi- fied by the genus Malpighia . It is characterized by a 5-parted calyx, some or all of the sepals usually with two glands, by having three carpels, which are either united or distinct, and by solitary ovules without albumen. The order embraces 52 genera and about 600 species, most malstick (mâl's tik), n . numerous in the tropics. They are herbs or shrubs, often malström, n. See maelstrom. climbing, with leaves usually opposite and entire, and glandular on the stalk or under side, and yellow or red (rarely white or blue) flowers, commonly growing in term i- nal clusters. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 3. malpighiaceous (mal-pig-i-a's hi us), a. [ Mal IMG:content-0145.png:[blocks in formation] pighia + -aceous.] In bot., pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the order Malpighia cee: specifically applied to hairs formed as in the genus Malpighia, which are attached by the middle, and lie parallel to the surface on which they grow. Malpighian (mal-pig'i-an), a. [ He hade mi ed is mayne & malskrid a-boute, & how the werwolf wan him bi with a wilde hert. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 416. See mahlstick .