Dictionary entry

Althæa

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ ‖Al‐thæ″a, ‖Al‐the″a } (�), n.(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.