Sphaeralcea

noun

large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows

• Syn: ↑genus Sphaeralcea

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaceae, ↑family Malvaceae, ↑mallow family

• Member Meronyms: ↑globe mallow, ↑false mallow

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\\ˌsfiˌralˈsēə, -feˌr-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from sphaer- + Latin alcea, a mallow, from Greek alkaia vervain mallow

: a large genus of chiefly tropical herbs (family Malvaceae) with showy pink or scarlet flowers and mostly globose fruit — see globe mallow