Althea

Althea
Althaea Al*th[ae]"a, ||Althea Al*the"a, n. [althaea, Gr. ?.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. (b) An ornamental shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}) of the Mallow family. [1913 Webster]

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