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mallow family
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mallow family has 1 sense
- mallow family(n = noun.plant) family malvaceae, malvaceae - herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra; Array is a kind of dilleniid dicot family
is a member of malvales, order malvales
CIDE DICTIONARY
mallow family, n.
The natural family Malvaceae , a dilleniid dicot family consisting of herbs and shrubs and some trees, and including the mallows, cotton, and okra. [WordNet 1.5]
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