Althaea

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

althaea
    n 1: any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but
         having smaller flowers than genus Alcea [syn: {althea},
         {althaea}, {hollyhock}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Althaea \Al*th[ae]"a\, Althea \Al*the"a\, n. [althaea, Gr. ?.]
   (Bot.)
   (a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the
       officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
   (b) An ornamental shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}) of the Mallow
       family.
       [1913 Webster]