Bible Dictionaries
Malvaceous

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Malvaceous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/malvaceous.html. 1828.