rose mallow

rose mallow

n.

Any of several hibiscuses having large pink or white flowers, especially Hibiscus moscheutos, native to eastern North American wetlands and widely cultivated as an ornamental.

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rose mallow

n

1. (Plants) Also called (US and Canadian): marsh mallow any of several malvaceous marsh plants of the genus Hibiscus, such as H. moscheutos, of E North America, having pink or white flowers and downy leaves

2. (Plants) US another name for the hollyhock

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rose′ mal`low

n.

any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.

[1725–35]

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Noun	1.	rose mallow - showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers common rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus
	2.	rose mallow - plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock Alcea rosea, Althea rosea Alcea, genus Alcea - genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea hollyhock - any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers

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