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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...
- Althaea officinalis, the marsh mallow or marshmallow, is a species of flowering plant indigenous to Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, which is used...
- species: Althaea armeniaca Ten. Althaea bertramii Post & Beauverd Althaea cannabina L. Althaea damascena Mouterde Althaea hiri Parsa Althaea octaviae...
- "Hollyhock". Cornell University. Retrieved 2011-07-21. "Annual - Hollyhock - Althaea rosea". University of Illinois. Retrieved 2011-07-21. "Plant of the Month...
- Althaea or Althea (/ælˈθiːə/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀλθαία Althaía "healer" from ἀλθαίνω althaino, "to cure", also "a kind of mallow") was the queen of Calydon...
- Althaea (minor planet designation: 119 Althaea) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on April 3, 1872...
- Althaea cannabina, commonly called palm-leaf marshmallow or hemp-leaved hollyhock, is a perennial herb belonging to the genus Althaea of the family Malvaceae...
- Althaea armeniaca is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, found in southern Russia, northern Iran, and Armenia. In its native range its grows in...
- Binomial name Alcea setosa (Boiss.) Alef. Synonyms Alcea pontica Janka Althaea aegyptica Boiss. Althaea pontica (Janka) Baker f. Althaea setosa Boiss....
- Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to NW Mongolia Curruca curruca althaea – Hume's whitethroat – Iran, southern Turkmenistan to northern ****stan...