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malvacea

malvacea noun: any plant of the mallow family, Malvaceae.

Noun

malvacea (plural malvaceas)

  1. Any plant of the mallow family, Malvaceae.
    • Flower of a malvacea: a, the calyx; b, the corolla; c, the stamens united in a tubular androphorum (from the Greek aner, man, or in Botany, a stamen, and pherein to bear—a columnar expansion of the centre of the flower upon which the stamens seem to grow;) d, the stigmata.1844, W[illiam] S. W. Ruschenberger, Elements of Botany. Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges, Philadelphia, Pa; New York, N.Y.: Turner & Fisher, page 76
    • Not a single one of these malvaceas but has its property, purgative or febrifuginous, and if medical botany ever minutely studies these humble climbers, in root, bark, and flower, they will find more than one treasure.1870, Ferdinand de Lanoye, The Sublime in Nature; Compiled from the Descriptions of Travellers and Celebrated Writers, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner and Company, page 328

Examples of malvacea in a sentence

  • As textile plants, we have cotton, maguey, and emajagua, and, less useful, the guasima and some herbaceous malvaceas.1899, Report on the Island of Porto Rico; Its Population, Civil Government, Commerce, Industries, Productions, Roads, Tariff, and Currency...
  • […]; Malva Blanca (Wiltheria Americana) and a very wide list of palms and malvaceas.1918, The Pan-American Magazine, page 318:
  • It has been known for some years in Arizona as living on wild plants of a malvacea kind, but last year it was noticed to have penetrated into the cultivated cotton.1924, International Review of Cotton and Allied Textile Industries, page 270:
  • Another tree that some consider to be native, is the Makoi Thespesia Populnea or Hibiscus populnea, which is a malvacea, of which fine wood was also used and is still utilized to make wooden figures.1994, Juan Grau, Adventures in Easter Island, →ISBN, page 246:

Forms of malvacea

pluralmalvaceas

Questions about malvacea

What does malvacea mean?
Malvacea means any plant of the mallow family, Malvaceae.
How do you use malvacea in a sentence?
As textile plants, we have cotton, maguey, and emajagua, and, less useful, the guasima and some herbaceous malvaceas.
What part of speech is malvacea?
Malvacea is a noun.
What is the plural of malvacea?
The plural of malvacea is malvaceas.

Words near malvacea in the dictionary

  1. Maluso
  2. malva
  3. malva pudding
  4. malva puddings
  5. malva rose
  6. malvacea
  7. malvaceas
  8. malvaceous
  9. malvalate
  10. malvalates
  11. malvalic

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