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CHEESEFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cheeseflower mean? 

CHEESEFLOWER (noun)
  The noun CHEESEFLOWER has 1 sense:

1. erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United Statesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CHEESEFLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cheese; cheeseflower; high mallow; Malva sylvestris; tall mallow

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

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

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

genus Malva; Malva (herbs and subshrubs: mallows)


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