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WAXMALLOW
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
Synonyms:
sleeping hibiscus; wax mallow; waxmallow
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("waxmallow" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Holonyms ("waxmallow" is a member of...):
genus Malvaviscus; Malvaviscus (small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows)