althaea

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus AlceaSynonyms: althea hollyhock

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Althaea \Al*th[ae]"a\, Althea \Al*the"a\, n. [althaea, Gr. ?.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. (b) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family. [1913 Webster]