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Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers
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lavatera
Word definitions for lavatera in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lavatera is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae , native to the Mediterranean region , central and eastern Asia , North America (California and Mexico) and Australia . A number of species are naturalized in North America. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lavatera \Lavatera\ n. A widespread genus of herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers. Syn: genus Lavatera .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus (taxlink Lavatera genus) of malvaceous flowering plants.
Usage examples of lavatera.
Thick privet hedges wafted their tangy scent, and nearly every front garden in Arcadia Avenue had one of those sugar-pink lavatera things trumpeting into the sky.