Definition of Malvaviscus

1. Noun. Small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows.

Exact synonyms: Genus Malvaviscus
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Sleeping Hibiscus, Wax Mallow, Waxmallow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malvaviscus

Malus
Malus angustifolia
Malus baccata
Malus coronaria
Malus fusca
Malus ioensis
Malus pumila
Malus sylvestris
Malva
Malva moschata
Malva neglecta
Malva sylvestris
Malvales
Malvastrum
Malvastrum coccineum
Malvaviscus (current term)
Malvina Hoffman
Malvinas
Malvinian
Maléku Jaíka
Mam
Mam'selle
Mama
Mamaw
Mamba
Mambila
Mambwe
Mamduh
Mamenchisaurus

Literary usage of Malvaviscus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genera Florae Americae Boreali-orientalis Illustrata: The Genera of the by Asa Gray (1849)
"This group should probably be restored to Malvaviscus, or form a distinct genus. PLATE 130. PAVONIA WRIGHTII, n. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"From Malvaviscus it differs in having a dry rather than a baccate fruit, and in other characters. The garden species are perennials of easy culture, ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1864)
"In Malvaviscus, Payer describes the loculi (corresponding to the fertile carpels) as superposed to the petals, f In Urena (U. americana, U. lobata, ..."

4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1864)
"In Malvaviscus, Payer describes the loculi (corresponding to the fertile carpels) as superposed to the petals.f In Urena (U. americana, U. lobata, ..."

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