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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants belonging to the natural order Malvaceœ, the mallow family, the tribe Malveœ, and the subtribe Eumalveœ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A genus of herbs and subshrubs including the mallows.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun herbs and subshrubs: mallows

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