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GENUS ALTHAEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Althaea" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Althaea"):

althaea; althea; hollyhock (any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea)

Althea officinalis; marsh mallow; white mallow (European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Althaea" is a member of...):

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)

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