malvaceous

[ mal-vey-shuhs ]

adjective

1. belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.

malvaceous

/ mælˈveɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Malvaceae, a family of plants that includes mallow, cotton, okra, althaea, and abutilon

Word History and Origins

Origin of malvaceous¹

From the Latin word malvāceus, dating back to 1690–1700. See mallow, -aceous

Word History and Origins

Origin of malvaceous¹

C17: from Latin malvāceus, from malva mallow

Example Sentences

All these, however, are often classed under the above general name, and so are the following:—Deccan or Ambari hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, an Indian and East Indian malvaceous plant, the fibre from which is often known as brown hemp or Bombay hemp; Pit� hemp, which is obtained from the American aloe, Agave americana; and Moorva or bowstring-hemp, Sansevieria zeylanica, which is obtained from an aloe-like plant, and is a native of India and Ceylon.

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A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; Ð called also Indian mallow.

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Lavatera.—L. thuringiaca, 4 ft., is a fine erect-growing malvaceous plant, producing rosy-pink blossoms freely, about August and September.

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Lavatera trimestris: hardy, 3 ft., pale-rose, showy malvaceous flowers.

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Gossypium, go-sip′i-um, n. a malvaceous genus of herbs and shrubs, native to the tropics, yielding the cotton of commerce.

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