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Althea [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In botany, a genus of polyandrian monadelphs, of several species; called in English marsh-mallow.

2. The common species has a perennial root, and an annual stalk rising four or five feet. It abounds with mucilage, and is used as an emollient.

Althea [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.

2. An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.