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SEASHORE MALLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seashore mallow mean?
• SEASHORE MALLOW (noun)
The noun SEASHORE MALLOW has 1 sense:
1. any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus
Familiarity information: SEASHORE MALLOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("seashore mallow" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seashore mallow"):
Kosteletzya virginica; salt marsh mallow (subshrub of southeastern United States to New York)
Holonyms ("seashore mallow" is a member of...):
genus Kosteletzya; Kosteletzya (small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa)
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