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malvaceous [mal-vey-shuh s] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
Compare mallow family. Origin of malvaceous From the Latin word malvāceus, dating back to 1690–1700. See mallow, -aceous Examples from the Web for malvaceous Historical Examples of malvaceous
Hibiscus, hī-bis′kus, n. a genus of malvaceous plants, mostly tropical.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various
It feeds on various species of malvaceous plants and also on the common portulaca.
William Jacob Holland
The caterpillar probably feeds on malvaceous plants, as do most of the species of the genus.
William Jacob Holland
British Dictionary definitions for malvaceous malvaceous adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Malvaceae, a family of plants that includes mallow, cotton, okra, althaea, and abutilon
Word Origin for malvaceous C17: from Latin malvāceus, from malva mallow