Rose mallow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
    common rose mallow; swamp rose mallow; Hibiscus moscheutos; swamp mallow.
  2. noun plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock
    Alcea rosea; Althea rosea.

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Definitions
  1. . (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus Hibiscus, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock .

Webster 1913