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ALCEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea
Synonyms:
Alcea; genus Alcea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Alcea" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Alcea"):
hollyhock (any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers)
Alcea rosea; Althea rosea; rose mallow (plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock)
Holonyms ("Alcea" is a member of...):
family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)
