FALSE MALLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false mallow mean? 

• FALSE MALLOW (noun)
  The noun FALSE MALLOW has 2 senses:

1. genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits

2. an American plant of the genus Malvastrum

  Familiarity information: FALSE MALLOW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE MALLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

false mallow; globe mallow

Hypernyms ("false mallow" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "false mallow"):

Malvastrum coccineum; prairie mallow; red false mallow; Sphaeralcea coccinea (false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum)

Holonyms ("false mallow" is a member of...):

genus Sphaeralcea; Sphaeralcea (large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An American plant of the genus Malvastrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("false mallow" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)