waxmallow

waxmallow
noun
any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
• Hypernyms: ↑mallow
• Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaviscus, ↑genus Malvaviscus

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: wax (I) + mallow
: any of various plants (genus Malvaviscus) of the family Malvaceae having drooping flowers like those of the hibiscus

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  • genus Malvaviscus — noun small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows • Syn: ↑Malvaviscus • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaceae, ↑family Malvaceae, ↑mallow family …   Useful english dictionary

  • Malvaviscus — noun small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows • Syn: ↑genus Malvaviscus • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaceae, ↑family Malvaceae, ↑mallow family …   Useful english dictionary

  • sleeping hibiscus — noun any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers • Syn: ↑waxmallow, ↑wax mallow • Hypernyms: ↑mallow • Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaviscus, ↑genus Malvaviscus …   Useful english dictionary

  • wax mallow — noun any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers • Syn: ↑waxmallow, ↑sleeping hibiscus • Hypernyms: ↑mallow • Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaviscus, ↑genus… …   Useful english dictionary

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