Found 2 items, similar to althea.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: althea althea n : any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea [syn: althaea, hollyhock]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Althea Althaea \Al*th[ae]"a\, ||Althea \Al*the"a\, n. [althaea, Gr. ?.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. (b) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family. [1913 Webster]