MALLOW FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mallow family mean? 

• MALLOW FAMILY (noun)
  The noun MALLOW FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra

  Familiarity information: MALLOW FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALLOW FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae

Hypernyms ("mallow family" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "mallow family"):

genus Kosteletzya; Kosteletzya (small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa)

genus Thespesia; Thespesia (a small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree)

genus Sphaeralcea; Sphaeralcea (large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows)

genus Sidalcea; Sidalcea (genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers)

genus Sida; Sida (large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances)

genus Radyera; Radyera (very small genus of shrubs of southern hemisphere: bush hibiscus)

genus Plagianthus; Plagianthus (small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand)

genus Pavonia (genus of tropical hairy shrubs or herbs of tropics and subtropics especially South America)

genus Napaea; Napaea (one species: glade mallow)

genus Malvaviscus; Malvaviscus (small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows)

genus Malvastrum; Malvastrum (genus of mallows characterized by red and yellow flowers often placed in other genera)

genus Malope (small genus of chiefly European herbs)

genus Malacothamnus; Malacothamnus (genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow)

genus Lavatera; Lavatera (widespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers)

genus Iliamna; Iliamna (small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera)

genus Hoheria; Hoheria (small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarks)

genus Hibiscus (large genus of tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees often grown as ornamentals for their profusion of large flowers in a variety of colors)

genus Gossypium; Gossypium (herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton)

Callirhoe; genus Callirhoe (small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers)

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

Alcea; genus Alcea (genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea)

Abutilon; genus Abutilon (herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow)

Abelmoschus; genus Abelmoschus (genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers)

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

genus Malva; Malva (herbs and subshrubs: mallows)

Holonyms ("mallow family" is a member of...):

Malvales; order Malvales (Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae)