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MUSK MALLOW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States

Synonyms:

Malva moschata; mus rose; musk mallow

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Nouns denoting plants

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

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

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

genus Malva; Malva (herbs and subshrubs: mallows)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus

Synonyms:

Abelmoschus moschatus; abelmosk; Hibiscus moschatus; musk mallow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

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

Abelmoschus; genus Abelmoschus (genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers)

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