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Definition of Althaea

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

Meaning of Althaea from wikipedia

- Althaea is the Latin rendering of Gr**** Ἀλθαία Althaia, which may be related to Gr**** ἀλθος althos "healing". It may refer to: Althaea (mythology), the...
- species: Althaea armeniaca Ten. Althaea bertramii Post & Beauverd Althaea cannabina L. Althaea damascena Mouterde Althaea hiri Parsa Althaea octaviae...
- Althaea officinalis, the marsh mallow or marshmallow, is a species of flowering plant indigenous to Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, which is used...
- Althaea or Althea (/ælˈθiːə/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀλθαία Althaía "healer" from ἀλθαίνω althaino, "to cure", also "a kind of mallow") was the queen of Calydon...
- "Hollyhock". Cornell University. Retrieved 2011-07-21. "Annual - Hollyhock - Althaea rosea". University of Illinois. Retrieved 2011-07-21. "Plant of the Month...
- Species: H. syriacus Binomial name Hibiscus syriacus L. Synonyms List Althaea frutex Mill. Hibiscus acerifolius Salisb. Hibiscus rhombifolius Cav. Ketmia...
- 119 Althaea is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on April 3, 1872, and named after Althaea, the mother...
- as one of the Argonauts. Meleager was a Calydonian prince as the son of Althaea and the vintner King Oeneus or according to some, of the god Ares. He was...
- Malva setigera, also known as Althaea hirsuta, the rough marsh-mallow, hairy marsh-mallow, hispid marsh-mallow or hairy mallow, is a species of annual...
- confection made from Althaea officinalis, the marsh-mallow plant. The word "marshmallow" comes from the mallow plant species (Althaea officinalis), a wetland...