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MUSK MALLOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States
Synonyms:
Malva moschata; mus rose; musk mallow
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("musk mallow" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Holonyms ("musk mallow" is a member of...):
genus Malva; Malva (herbs and subshrubs: mallows)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
Synonyms:
Abelmoschus moschatus; abelmosk; Hibiscus moschatus; musk mallow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("musk mallow" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Holonyms ("musk mallow" is a member of...):
Abelmoschus; genus Abelmoschus (genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers)
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