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WILD HOLLYHOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
Synonyms:
Iliamna remota; Sphaeralcea remota; wild hollyhock
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wild hollyhock" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Holonyms ("wild hollyhock" is a member of...):
genus Iliamna; Iliamna (small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated
Synonyms:
checkerbloom; Sidalcea malviflora; wild hollyhock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("wild hollyhock" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Holonyms ("wild hollyhock" is a member of...):
genus Sidalcea; Sidalcea (genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers)
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