Acalypha (Noun)
Meaning
A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The species Acalypha rhomboidea, commonly known as the rough pigweed, is an herb that can grow to heights of three to six feet.
- Some gardeners plant Acalypha in the wilder parts of their garden as an informal, untamed feature.
- One researcher believes the healing properties of the sap from certain species of Acalypha merit further scientific investigation.
- On hot, humid summer days the Red-seed Plant or Chenille Acalypha adds colorful soft puffs of fluffy chenille-textured catkins that droop above big lobed deep-cut burgundy velvet type flowers and gorgeous lime-lobed very lobed shaped fine-looking purple-raspberry fruit stalks, full leaves too on plant form.
- Despite many differences the amentoflabellate involucellum suggests affinity between Chenille plant (Chenille Fire Bush Acalypha Fire Tail).