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WILD HOLLYHOCK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea

Synonyms:

Iliamna remota; Sphaeralcea remota; wild hollyhock

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wild hollyhock" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Holonyms ("wild hollyhock" is a member of...):

genus Iliamna; Iliamna (small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated

Synonyms:

checkerbloom; Sidalcea malviflora; wild hollyhock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wild hollyhock" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Holonyms ("wild hollyhock" is a member of...):

genus Sidalcea; Sidalcea (genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers)

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