noun
widespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers
• Syn: ↑Lavatera
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaceae, ↑family Malvaceae, ↑mallow family
• Member Meronyms: ↑tree mallow, ↑velvetleaf, ↑velvet-leaf, ↑Lavatera arborea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.