English noun: genus Alcea | |||
1. | genus Alcea (plant) genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea | ||
Synonyms | Alcea | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dilleniid dicot genus | ||
Member holonym | Alcea rosea, Althea rosea, hollyhock, rose mallow | ||
Member meronym | family Malvaceae, mallow family, Malvaceae | ||