genus sphaeralcea

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   large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows

   SynonymsSphaeralcea

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofMalvaceae

Questions about genus sphaeralcea

What does genus sphaeralcea mean?

genus sphaeralcea means "large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows".

What is another word for genus sphaeralcea?

Close synonyms include Sphaeralcea. 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 sphaeralcea a common word?

genus sphaeralcea 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.