genus jatropha

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   a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae

   SynonymsJatropha

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofEuphorbiaceae

Questions about genus jatropha

What does genus jatropha mean?

genus jatropha means "a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae".

What is another word for genus jatropha?

Close synonyms include Jatropha. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus jatropha a common word?

genus jatropha is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.