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Definition of Genus Malva
1. Noun. Herbs and subshrubs: mallows.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Malva Moschata, Mus Rose, Musk Mallow, Common Mallow, Malva Neglecta, Cheese, Cheeseflower, High Mallow, Malva Sylvestris, Tall Mallow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Malva
Literary usage of Genus Malva
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs by American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Southern California Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences (1849)
"As the radicle, however, proved to be inferior in all of them, they were all
placed in the genus Malva in the Flora of North America (except an obscure ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The special characters which separate the genus Malva from others most nearly
allied to it are the involucre, consisting of a row of three separate bracts ..."
3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"The genus Malope differs from the genus Malva principally in the shape of the
capsules, and the manner in which they are disposed. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The name mallow is loosely applied to many plants of the mallow family, but not
of the genus Malva; for instance, marsh-mallow ..."
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