HyperDic: genus_lavatera

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Lavatera:
NOUNplantgenus Lavatera, Lavaterawidespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers
English > genus Lavatera: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwidespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
SynonymLavatera
Member ofMalvaceae, family Malvaceae, mallow familyherbs and shrubs and some trees
Memberstree mallow, velvetleaf, velvet-leaf, Lavatera arboreaarborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishgenus lavatera, lavatera
Catalangenus lavatera, lavatera, Lavatera

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