Definition of "malvaceous" [mal•va•ceous]

• Of or pertaining to plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. (adjective)

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• "The Hollyhock fungus first attacked the malvaceous plants of Australia, and then reached England in 1873 by the continent of Europe."
• "= Puccinia violæ =, allied to the = P. graminis = of Corn and to the = P. malvacearum = of Hollyhocks and various malvaceous plants."
• "No doubt the fungus is nursed by malvaceous weeds."