mal·low (m l  )n. 1. Any of various plants of the genus Malva, having pink or white axillary flowers, palmate leaves, and disklike schizocarpic fruits. 2. Any of various related plants, such as the rose mallow. [Middle English malwe, from Old English mealwe and from Old French malve, both from Latin malva, probably of Semitic origin; see ml  in Semitic roots.] |
mallow [ˈmæləʊ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any plant of the malvaceous genus Malva, esp M. sylvestris of Europe, having purple, pink, or white flowers See also dwarf mallow, musk mallow
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various related plants, such as the marsh mallow, rose mallow, Indian mallow, and tree mallow
[Old English mealuwe, from Latin malva; probably related to Greek malakhē mallow]
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| Noun | 1. |  mallow - any of various plants of the family MalvaceaeMalva moschata, mus rose, musk mallow - erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States common mallow, Malva neglecta - annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States cheeseflower, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow, cheese - erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States Abelmoschus moschatus, abelmosk, Hibiscus moschatus, musk mallow - bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus Abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, velvetweed, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf - tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States 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 althaea, althea, hollyhock - any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea poppy mallow - a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota, wild hollyhock - a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea Iliamna acerifolia, Iliamna ruvularis, mountain hollyhock - perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers seashore mallow - any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus chaparral mallow, Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Sphaeralcea fasciculata - shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea malope, Malope trifida - western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts false mallow - an American plant of the genus Malvastrum sleeping hibiscus, wax mallow, waxmallow - any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers glade mallow, Napaea dioica - tall coarse American herb having palmate leaves and numerous small white dioecious flowers; found wild in most alluvial soils of eastern and central United States Sida hermaphrodita, Virginia mallow - tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers jellyleaf, Queensland hemp, Sida rhombifolia - herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed Indian mallow, Sida spinosa - tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States checkerbloom, Sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock - perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated false mallow, globe mallow - genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits |
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