LAVATERA


Meaning of LAVATERA in English

[ ˌlavə'tɛ:rə ]

■ noun a plant of a genus that includes the tree mallow. [Genus Lavatera .]

Origin

mod. L., named after the brothers Lavater , Swiss naturalists of the 17th and 18th cents.

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