NOUN | plant | Malvaviscus, genus Malvaviscus | small genus of shrubs of Central and South America |
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Meaning | small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows. | |
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Synonym | genus Malvaviscus | |
Member of | Malvaceae, family Malvaceae, mallow family | herbs and shrubs and some trees |
Members | waxmallow, wax mallow, sleeping hibiscus | Any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers |
Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
Spanish | genus malvaviscus, malvaviscus | |
Catalan | genus malvaviscus, malvaviscus |
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