genus sphaeralcea

English Thesaurus

1. large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dilleniid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	false mallow, globe mallow,
definition	:	genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family malvaceae, mallow family, malvaceae,
definition	:	herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra (noun.plant)