Mallow Family Definition
noun
A large family of chiefly woody plants, the Malvaceae, characterized by alternate leaves and showy flowers often with numerous stamens fused at the base into a tube, and including cotton, okra, hibiscus, hollyhock, and the mallows.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- family Malvaceae
- malvaceae
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