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Mallow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various plants of the genus Malva, having pink or white axillary flowers, palmate leaves, and disklike schizocarpic fruits.

n. Any of various related plants, such as the rose mallow.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See malvaceous.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Any plant of the genus Malva, or of the order Malvacæ, the mallow family.

n. In England, a plant of either of the genera Sida and Urena.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

Word Usage

"This is common mallow, which is similar to the plant from which marshmallow used to be made."

Equivalent

mallows

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

shrub bush

Cross Reference

musk-mallow water-mallow glade-mallow swamp-mallow venice mallow curled mallow dwarf mallow low mallow virginia indian mallow

Variant

malvaceous

Hyponym

napaea dioica waxmallow malva neglecta malope iliamna acerifolia cheeseflower China jute common mallow wax mallow malacothamnus fasciculatus

Form

marshmallow

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Gallo ballow balow callow cavallo gallow hallow palo shallow tallow

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

cummin suppo larkspur burnet verbenas hydrangea poinsettia verbena peony citronella