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WHITE MALLOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers
Synonyms:
Althea officinalis; marsh mallow; white mallow
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("white mallow" is a kind of...):
althaea; althea; hollyhock (any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea)
Holonyms ("white mallow" is a member of...):
genus Althaea (hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea)