hollyhock
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1. 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)
| hypernym | : | mallow, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the family Malvaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | 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) |
| member meronym | : | alcea, genus alcea, |
| definition | : | genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea (noun.plant) |
2. 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) |
| member meronym | : | genus althaea, |
| definition | : | hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea (noun.plant) |
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