ALCEA ROSEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alcea rosea mean? 

• ALCEA ROSEA (noun)
  The noun ALCEA ROSEA has 1 sense:

1. plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock

  Familiarity information: ALCEA ROSEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALCEA ROSEA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alcea rosea; Althea rosea; rose mallow

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)