ABELMOSCHUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers

Synonyms:

Abelmoschus; genus Abelmoschus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Abelmoschus" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Abelmoschus"):

Abelmoschus esculentus; gumbo; Hibiscus esculentus; lady's-finger; okra; okra plant (tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus)

Abelmoschus moschatus; abelmosk; Hibiscus moschatus; musk mallow (bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus)

Holonyms ("Abelmoschus" is a member of...):

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)