ALTHEA OFFICINALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Althea officinalis mean? 

• ALTHEA OFFICINALIS (noun)
  The noun ALTHEA OFFICINALIS has 1 sense:

1. European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers

  Familiarity information: ALTHEA OFFICINALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALTHEA OFFICINALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Althea officinalis; marsh mallow; white mallow

Hypernyms ("Althea officinalis" is a kind of...):

althaea; althea; hollyhock (any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea)

Holonyms ("Althea officinalis" is a member of...):

genus Althaea (hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea)