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SIDALCEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers

Synonyms:

genus Sidalcea; Sidalcea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Sidalcea" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Sidalcea"):

checkerbloom; Sidalcea malviflora; wild hollyhock (perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated)

Holonyms ("Sidalcea" is a member of...):

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

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