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    MALVA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Herbs and subshrubs: mallowsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Malva; Malva

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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