callirrhoë

noun

cal·​lir·​rhoë

kəˈlirəˌwē

1

capitalized : a small genus of North American herbs (family Malvaceae) having usually red or purple flowers, truncate petals, and beaked carpels

2

plural -s : any plant of the genus Callirrhoë, several species of which are cultivated

called also poppy mallow

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin Callirrhoe, a water nymph, daughter of the river Achelous and wife of Alcmeon, from Greek Kallirrhoē

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