1. large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows; [syn: Sphaeralcea, genus Sphaeralcea]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Sphaeralcea
n 1: large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers
and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows [syn:
Sphaeralcea, genus Sphaeralcea]