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MALLOW FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra
Synonyms:
family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mallow family" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "mallow family"):
genus Thespesia; Thespesia (a small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree)
genus Sphaeralcea; Sphaeralcea (large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows)
genus Sidalcea; Sidalcea (genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers)
genus Sida; Sida (large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances)
genus Radyera; Radyera (very small genus of shrubs of southern hemisphere: bush hibiscus)
genus Plagianthus; Plagianthus (small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand)
genus Pavonia (genus of tropical hairy shrubs or herbs of tropics and subtropics especially South America)
genus Napaea; Napaea (one species: glade mallow)
genus Malvaviscus; Malvaviscus (small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows)
genus Malvastrum; Malvastrum (genus of mallows characterized by red and yellow flowers often placed in other genera)
genus Malope (small genus of chiefly European herbs)
genus Malacothamnus; Malacothamnus (genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow)
genus Lavatera; Lavatera (widespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers)
genus Kosteletzya; Kosteletzya (small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa)
genus Iliamna; Iliamna (small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera)
genus Hoheria; Hoheria (small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarks)
genus Hibiscus (large genus of tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees often grown as ornamentals for their profusion of large flowers in a variety of colors)
genus Gossypium; Gossypium (herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton)
Callirhoe; genus Callirhoe (small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers)
genus Althaea (hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea)
Alcea; genus Alcea (genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea)
Abutilon; genus Abutilon (herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow)
Abelmoschus; genus Abelmoschus (genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers)
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
genus Malva; Malva (herbs and subshrubs: mallows)
Holonyms ("mallow family" is a member of...):
Malvales; order Malvales (Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae)
