VIRGINIA MALLOW

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Meaning:

Tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers

Synonyms:

Sida hermaphrodita; Virginia mallow

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Nouns denoting plants

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

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

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

genus Sida; Sida (large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances)

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