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Abelmoschus

noun

genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Abelmoschus

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaceae, ↑family Malvaceae, ↑mallow family

• Member Meronyms:

↑okra, ↑gumbo, ↑okra plant, ↑lady's-finger, ↑Abelmoschus esculentus, ↑Hibiscus esculentus, ↑abelmosk, ↑musk mallow, ↑Abelmoschus moschatus, ↑Hibiscus moschatus

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\\ˌābəlˈmäskəs, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Arabic abū-l-misk father (source) of the musk

: a genus of tropical coarse herbs (family Malvaceae) having large lobed leaves, a spathelike calyx, and often yellow flowers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.