2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: althea n : any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea [syn: {althaea}, {hollyhock}]
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