wax mallow

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

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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

  • Malvaviscus arboreus —   Malvaviscus arboreus …   Wikipedia Español

  • Malvaviscus arboreus Dill. ex Cav. — Symbol MAAR14 Common Name wax mallow Botanical Family Malvaceae …   Scientific plant list

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