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GENUS SPHAERALCEA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sphaeralcea mean?

• GENUS SPHAERALCEA (noun)
The noun GENUS SPHAERALCEA has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: GENUS SPHAERALCEA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS SPHAERALCEA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sphaeralcea; Sphaeralcea

Hypernyms ("genus Sphaeralcea" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Sphaeralcea"):

false mallow; globe mallow (genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits)

Holonyms ("genus Sphaeralcea" is a member of...):

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

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