alcea
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1. genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dilleniid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | hollyhock, |
| definition | : | any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | alcea rosea, althea rosea, rose mallow, |
| definition | : | plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock (noun.plant) |
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