prop. n. A natural family of herbs and shrubs and some trees, including the mallows, cotton, and okra; the mallow family. Syn. -- family Malvaceae, mallow family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[あおい(P);アオイ, aoi (P); aoi](n) (1) (uk) (See 銭葵, 冬葵) mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); (2) (See 二葉葵) Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); (3) (hollyhocks (genus Alcea) are part of the mallow family) (See 立葵) hollyhock; (P)#4978[Add to Longdo]