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GENUS SPHAERALCEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows
Synonyms:
genus Sphaeralcea; Sphaeralcea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Sphaeralcea" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sphaeralcea"):
false mallow; globe mallow (genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits)
Holonyms ("genus Sphaeralcea" is a member of...):
family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)