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malvaceae |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Malvaceous \Mal*va"ceous\, a. [L. malvaceus, from malva mallows. See {Mallow}.] (Bot.) Pertaining to or resembling, a natural order of plants ({Malvace[ae]}), of which the mallow is the type The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Malvaceae n : herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra [syn: {Malvaceae}, {family Malvaceae}, {mallow family}]
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