释义 |
jat·ro·pha \ˈja.trəfə\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek iatros physician + trophē food, from trephein to nourish — more at atrophy : a widely distributed mainly tropical American genus of herbs, shrubs, and trees (family Euphorbiaceae) usually having lobed leaves and inconspicuous cymose flowers — see physic nut |