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lavatera (iou)



lavatera noun. M18.
[mod. Latin (see below), from the brothers Lavater, 17th- and 18th-cent. Swiss physicians and naturalists.]
Any of various herbs or shrubs constituting the genus Lavatera, of the mallow family, bearing pink, white, or purple flowers; esp. the tree mallow, L. arborea.