genus lavatera

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   widespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers

   SynonymsLavatera

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofMalvaceae

Questions about genus lavatera

What does genus lavatera mean?

genus lavatera means "widespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers".

What is another word for genus lavatera?

Close synonyms include Lavatera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus lavatera a common word?

genus lavatera is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.