ALTHEA
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ALTHE'A, noun [Gr. to heal.]In botany, a genus of polyandrian monadelphs, of several species; called in English marsh-mallow.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.
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althea. Althea, a. a shrub, a species of Syrian Mallow