Definition of mallow Mallow
/mæˈlow/ - [matlow] - mal•low
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NounPlural: mallows |
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| mallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceae | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| family malvaceae, mallow family, malvaceae herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra | ||
| malva 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 tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern 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 | ||
| sida spinosa, indian mallow 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 | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- mallow (n.)
Alt. of Mallows
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mallow
A Rajasthani language with ten million speakers spoken in the Malva region of India.
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mallow
A northern name for the sea-plant Zostera marina.
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🔤- mallow, noun, singular of mallows.
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