noun
small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa
• Syn: ↑Kosteletzya
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaceae, ↑family Malvaceae, ↑mallow family
• Member Meronyms: ↑seashore mallow
Useful english dictionary. 2012.