genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs

herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra

tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus

bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus

herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra

tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus

bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus