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Significats de althaea en anglès

Any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea.

        Ús de althaea en anglès
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        Against the house she had planted myrtle, jasmine and althaea, and in the yard, fig, orange and oleander.
        Iron lace
        2
        Althæa was in the temple making sacrifice to the gods.
        The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
        3
        In response, Althaea returned that ember to the fireplace, thus bringing about her own son's death.
        A Wiccan Bible
        4
        As long as this was kept safe by Althaea, his mother, Meleager bore a charmed life.
        The Pleasures of Life
        5
        They were brothers to Meleagrus's mother, Althæa.
        The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
        6
        MELEAGER, one of the Argonauts (See Althaea)
        The Age of Fable
        7
        Now Althæa was a woman who had sight to see mysterious things, but who had also a wayward and passionate heart.
        The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
        8
        ALTHAEA, in classical legend, daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, wife of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and mother of Meleager (q.v..)
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        9
        Althaea, mother of Meleager, whom she slew because he had in a quarrel killed her brothers, thus disgracing "the house of Thestius," her father.
        Legends of Charlemagne
        10
        "My brothers have been slain because a girl bewitched my son; then accursed be that son of mine," Althæa cried.
        The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles