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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various flowering plants in the genus Hibiscus.
2. 2
   plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock wordnet
3. 3
   showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abelmoskalcea roseaalthea roseacommon rose mallowhibiscushibiscus moscheutos

Etymology

From rose + mallow.