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FALSE MALLOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An American plant of the genus Malvastrum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("false mallow" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits
Synonyms:
false mallow; globe mallow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("false mallow" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "false mallow"):
Malvastrum coccineum; prairie mallow; red false mallow; Sphaeralcea coccinea (false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum)
Holonyms ("false mallow" is a member of...):
genus Sphaeralcea; Sphaeralcea (large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows)
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