NOUN
- any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
How To Use althaea In A Sentence
- [L. althaea, a marsh mallow, f. [the Greek] to heal.] The Annotated "Althea"
- The generic name Althaea is derived from the Greek word altho, "to cure", while the specific name officinalis refers to its long history as a medicinal plant, used since Roman times, and as a confection. Archive 2008-05-01
- Round the guard-house a number of negro girls, with broad flat baskets on their heads, were selling fruit and cold water: they had decked their woolly hair, and the edges of their baskets, with garlands of the scarlet althaea; their light blue or white cloaks were thrown gracefully across their dusky shoulders, and white jackets, so that it was such a picture as the early Spaniards might have drawn of their Eldorado. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823
- The plant is althaea officinalis - it may have had a connection with the plant in a dim and distant English past, but these days it has none. matzah - aka matzo unleavened bread, basically a dry biscuit. Undefined
- Althaea's tragedy results from her fatal defects in character, that is, her strong desire to dominate and her too much love for her son, Meleager.
- Chapter Two proves that Althaea's tragedy is a tragedy of fate.
- Althaea's tragedy results from her fatal defects in character, that is, her strong desire to dominate and her too much love for her son, Meleager.
