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malvaceae
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malvaceae has 1 sense
- malvaceae(n = noun.plant) family malvaceae, mallow family - 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
malvaceae, prop. n.
A natural family of herbs and shrubs and some trees, including the mallows, cotton, and okra; the mallow family . [WordNet 1.5]
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