Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rose_mallow

2 senses of rose mallow

Sense 1
rose mallow, swamp mallow, common rose mallow, swamp rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos -- (showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers)
       => hibiscus -- (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)

Sense 2
rose mallow, Alcea rosea, Althea rosea -- (plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock)
       => hollyhock -- (any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers)