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ALCEA ROSEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alcea rosea mean?
• ALCEA ROSEA (noun)
The noun ALCEA ROSEA has 1 sense:
1. plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock
Familiarity information: ALCEA ROSEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alcea rosea; Althea rosea; rose mallow
Hypernyms ("Alcea rosea" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("Alcea rosea" is a member of...):
Alcea; genus Alcea (genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea)
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