ALCEA Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word alcea. (close relations)
Definition of ALCEA
Best Alternative Words for ALCEA
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hollyhock | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea • any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers | ||||||||
mallow | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various plants of the family Malvaceae | ||||||||
vervain | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers | ||||||||
rose mallow | nounn | |||||||
noun • showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers • plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock | ||||||||
genus alcea | nounn | |||||||
noun • genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea |