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Definition of Alcea
1. Noun. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Hollyhock, Alcea Rosea, Althea Rosea, Rose Mallow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcea
Literary usage of Alcea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Japan: Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam by Engelbert Kaempfer, Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, William Ramsden (1906)
"... a beautiful alcea, the infusion of the root whereof is of use in the paper
manufactures of the Japanese. ..."
2. Geology and Industrial Resources of California by Philip Thomas Tyson, George Horatio Derby, Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Persifor Frazer Smith, Theodore Talbot, Robert Stockton Williamson, Bennett Riley (1851)
"I went down to the outlet of the alcea bay in a small canoe, ... I ascended a
few miles up the alcea, which is shut in by high hills and lofty forests. ..."
3. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1850)
"I went down to the outlet of the alcea bay in a small canoe, ... I ascended a
few miles up the alcea, which is shut in by high hills and lofty forests. ..."
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