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    ALCEA ROSEA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhockplay

    Synonyms:

    Alcea rosea; Althea rosea; rose mallow

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Alcea rosea" is a kind of...):

    hollyhock (any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers)

    Holonyms ("Alcea rosea" is a member of...):

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

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