mallow family

mallow family

n. A large family of chiefly woody plants, the Malvaceae, characterized by alternate leaves and showy flowers often with numerous stamens fused at the base into a tube, and including cotton, okra, hibiscus, hollyhock, and the mallows.

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mallow family - herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okrafamily Malvaceae, Malvaceaedilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsMalvales, order Malvales - Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceaegenus Malva, Malva - herbs and subshrubs: mallowsmallow - any of various plants of the family MalvaceaeAbelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus - genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowersAbutilon, genus Abutilon - herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallowAlcea, genus Alcea - genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaeagenus Althaea - hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus AlceaCallirhoe, genus Callirhoe - small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowersgenus Gossypium, Gossypium - herbs and shrubs and small trees: cottongenus Hibiscus - large genus of tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees often grown as ornamentals for their profusion of large flowers in a variety of colorsgenus Hoheria, Hoheria - small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarksgenus Iliamna, Iliamna - small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other generagenus Kosteletzya, Kosteletzya - small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africagenus Lavatera, Lavatera - widespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowersgenus Malacothamnus, Malacothamnus - genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallowgenus Malope - small genus of chiefly European herbsgenus Malvastrum, Malvastrum - genus of mallows characterized by red and yellow flowers often placed in other generagenus Malvaviscus, Malvaviscus - small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallowsgenus Napaea, Napaea - one species: glade mallowgenus Pavonia - genus of tropical hairy shrubs or herbs of tropics and subtropics especially South Americagenus Plagianthus, Plagianthus - small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealandgenus Radyera, Radyera - very small genus of shrubs of southern hemisphere: bush hibiscusgenus Sida, Sida - large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substancesgenus Sidalcea, Sidalcea - genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowersgenus Sphaeralcea, Sphaeralcea - large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallowsgenus Thespesia, Thespesia - a small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree