althaea

English Thesaurus

1. any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	mallow,
definition	:	any of various plants of the family Malvaceae (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	althea officinalis, marsh mallow, white mallow,
definition	:	European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus althaea,
definition	:	hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea (noun.plant)