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ALCEA

• ALCEA (noun)
The noun ALCEA has 1 sense:

1. genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea

Familiarity information: ALCEA used as a noun is very rare.

• ALCEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alcea; genus Alcea

Hypernyms ("Alcea" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Alcea"):

hollyhock (any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers)

Alcea rosea; Althea rosea; rose mallow (plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock)

Holonyms ("Alcea" is a member of...):

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)

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(English proverb)
"He who digs someone else's grave shall fall in it himself."
(Bulgarian proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"A fine rain still soaks you to the bone, but no one takes it seriously."
(Corsican proverb)

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