MARSH MALLOW

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Meaning:

European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers

Synonyms:

Althea officinalis; marsh mallow; white mallow

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("marsh mallow" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("marsh mallow" is a member of...):

genus Althaea (hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea)

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