SIDALCEA

Sidalcea, genus Sidalcea

(noun) genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

sidalcea (plural sidalceas)

(botany) Any of the genus Sidalcea of checkerblooms or checkermallows.

Anagrams

• Alcaides, alcaides

Source: Wiktionary



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