althaea, ae, f., = ἀλθαία,
wild mallows , marsh-mallows , = hibiscum; Althaea officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 222; Pall. Oct. 14, 11; App. Herb. 38.
ALTHAEA(Ἀλθαία: Eth. Ἀλθαῖος), the chief city of the OLCADES in Spain, not far from Carthago Nova. I...
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·noun ·Alt. of <<Althea>>. ...
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