MALVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malva mean? 

• MALVA (noun)
  The noun MALVA has 1 sense:

1. herbs and subshrubs: mallows

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALVA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herbs and subshrubs: mallows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Malva; Malva

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Malva"):

Malva moschata; mus rose; musk mallow (erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States)

common mallow; Malva neglecta (annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States)

cheese; cheeseflower; high mallow; Malva sylvestris; tall mallow (erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States)

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

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