ALTHEA
Dictionary entry overview: What does althea mean? • ALTHEA (noun)
The noun ALTHEA has 1 sense:
1. any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
Familiarity information: ALTHEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALTHEA (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
althaea; althea; hollyhock
Hypernyms ("althea" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "althea"):
Althea officinalis; marsh mallow; white mallow (European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers)
Holonyms ("althea" is a member of...):
genus Althaea (hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea)
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