Similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea

• Any of various plants of the genus Althaea

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

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Althaea or Althea (, Althaía ) was, in Greek mythology , the daughter of King Thestius and Eurythemis , and was sister to Leda , Hypermnestra , Iphiclus , Euippus . She was also the wife of Oeneus , king of Calydon, and mother of five sons, Meleager , Melanippe ...

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n. any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea [syn: althea , hollyhock ]