Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ornamental herb (Sidalcea malvaeflora) native to the western coast of North America and cultivated for its showy clusters of pink to purple flowers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of West North America (
Sidalcea malviflora ) that is also cultivated.
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- noun Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[checker(board) + bloom.]
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checker + bloom
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