GENUS MALACOTHAMNUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow

Synonyms:

genus Malacothamnus; Malacothamnus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Malacothamnus" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Malacothamnus"):

chaparral mallow; Malacothamnus fasciculatus; Sphaeralcea fasciculata (shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea)

Holonyms ("genus Malacothamnus" is a member of...):

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