alcea (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Alcea*:
NOUN	plant	Alcea, genus Alcea	genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers

English > *Alcea*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea.
Synonym	genus Alcea
Member of	Malvaceae, family Malvaceae, mallow family	herbs and shrubs and some trees
Members	hollyhock	Any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea
Members	rose mallow, Alcea rosea, Althea rosea	plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers
Broader	dilleniid dicot genus	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanish	alcea, genus alcea
Catalan	alcea, Alcea, genus alcea

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