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sidalcea

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sidalcea [sɪˈdælsɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any plant of the mostly perennial N American genus Sidalcea, related to and resembling mallow, esp S. malvaeflora, grown for its spikes of lilac, pink, or red flowers: family Malvaceae Also called Greek mallow
[New Latin, from Greek sidē a plant name + alkea a kind of mallow]
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Noun1.Sidalcea - genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers
genus Sidalcea
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
family Malvaceae, mallow family, Malvaceae - herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra
checkerbloom, Sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock - perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated


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