SEASHORE MALLOW

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Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("seashore mallow" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seashore mallow"):

Kosteletzya virginica; salt marsh mallow (subshrub of southeastern United States to New York)

Holonyms ("seashore mallow" is a member of...):

genus Kosteletzya; Kosteletzya (small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa)