mallow : Idioms & Phrases

• noun shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
  Malacothamnus fasciculatus; Sphaeralcea fasciculata.
  

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• noun densely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters
  Callirhoe triangulata.
  

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• noun annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States
  Malva neglecta.
  

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• noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
  common rose mallow; rose mallow; Hibiscus moscheutos; swamp mallow.
  

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• noun Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
  cotton rose; Confederate rose; Hibiscus mutabilis.
  

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• noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits
  false mallow.
  
• noun an American plant of the genus Malvastrum
  

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• noun perennial poppy mallow of United States southern plains states having rose-red or rose-purple flowers
  Callirhoe digitata.
  

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• noun 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
  Napaea dioica.
  

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• noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits
  false mallow.
  

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• noun erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
  cheese; high mallow; Malva sylvestris; cheeseflower.
  

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• noun tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States
  Sida spinosa.
  
• noun 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
  Abutilon theophrasti; velvetleaf; China jute; velvet-leaf; velvetweed; butter-print.
  

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• (Bot.), the velvet leaf (Abutilon Avicennæ). See Abutilon.
• . See Abutilon.

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• (Bot.), an annual herb (Corchorus olitorius) cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in India for its fiber.
• a plant (Corchorus olitorius) used as a pot herb by the Jews of Egypt and Syria.

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• noun herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra
  Malvaceae; family Malvaceae.
  

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• noun European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers
  marsh mallow; Althea officinalis.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althæa ( A. officinalis) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent.

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• noun bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
  Hibiscus moschatus; abelmosk; Abelmoschus moschatus.
  
• noun erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States
  Malva moschata; mus rose.
  

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• (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants : (a) A species of mallow (Malva moschata), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell . (b) An Asiatic shrub. See Abelmosk.

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• noun a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer
  

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• noun false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum
  prairie mallow; Sphaeralcea coccinea; Malvastrum coccineum.
  

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• noun hairy perennial of central United States having round deeply lobed leaves and loose panicles of large crimson-purple or cherry-red flowers
  Callirhoe involucrata.
  

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• noun false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum
  prairie mallow; Sphaeralcea coccinea; Malvastrum coccineum.
  

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• noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
  common rose mallow; rose mallow; Hibiscus moscheutos; swamp mallow.
  
• 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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• . (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus Hibiscus, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock .

Webster 1913

• noun subshrub of southeastern United States to New York
  Kosteletzya virginica.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus
  

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• noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
  common rose mallow; rose mallow; Hibiscus moscheutos; swamp mallow.
  

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• noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
  common rose mallow; rose mallow; Hibiscus moscheutos; swamp mallow.
  

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• noun erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
  cheese; high mallow; Malva sylvestris; cheeseflower.
  

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• noun arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States
  velvet-leaf; velvetleaf; Lavatera arborea.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of mallow (Malva Alcea) with rose-colored flowers.

Webster 1913

• noun tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers
  Sida hermaphrodita.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
  sleeping hibiscus; waxmallow.
  

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• noun European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers
  marsh mallow; Althea officinalis.
  

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