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    GENUS SPHAERALCEA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallowsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sphaeralcea; Sphaeralcea

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Sphaeralcea" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Sphaeralcea"):

    false mallow; globe mallow (genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits)

    Holonyms ("genus Sphaeralcea" is a member of...):

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

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