MALACOTHAMNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malacothamnus mean? 

• MALACOTHAMNUS (noun)
  The noun MALACOTHAMNUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow

  Familiarity information: MALACOTHAMNUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALACOTHAMNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Malacothamnus; Malacothamnus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Malacothamnus"):

chaparral mallow; Malacothamnus fasciculatus; Sphaeralcea fasciculata (shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea)

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

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