जीनस अल्थिया के विभिन्न पौधों में से कोई भी; इसके समान लेकिन जीनस अल्का से छोटे फूल होने के समान

Noun:

Althaea,

althaea's Usage Examples:

His wile was wickeder than the wile of the Trojan horse, than the wile of Althaea or of Scylla.

Hibiscus - Althaea frutex, 'c.

ALTHAEA, in classical legend, daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, wife of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and mother of Meleager.

The most famous of these stories is contained in the Thdttr of Nornagesti, and has a curious resemblance to the Greek legend of Althaea and Meleager.

- I, anther; 2, pollen grain of Hollyhock (Althaea rosea) enlarged.

Althaea thereupon seized the log, extinguished the flames, and hid it in a box.

According to a later tradition, not known to Homer, the Moerae appeared to Althaea when Meleager was seven days old, and announced that the child would only live as long as the log blazing on the hearth remained unconsumed.

When Althaea heard this, she cursed.

A war broke out between the Calydonians and Curetes (led by Althaea's brothers) about the disposal of the head and skin, which Meleager awarded as a prize to Atalanta, who had inflicted the first wound; the brothers of Althaea lay in wait for Atalanta and robbed her of the spoils, but were slain by Meleager.

MEM aypor), in Greek legend, the son of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and Althaea.

althaea's Meaning':

any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea