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    WAXMALLOW

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    sleeping hibiscus; wax mallow; waxmallow

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

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

    genus Malvaviscus; Malvaviscus (small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows)

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