malvaviscus

English Thesaurus

1. small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dilleniid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	sleeping hibiscus, wax mallow, waxmallow,
definition	:	any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family malvaceae, mallow family, malvaceae,
definition	:	herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra (noun.plant)