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mal⋅low

  [mal-oh]
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–noun
any of various plants of the genus Malva, including several popular garden plants, as the musk mallow.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME malue, OE mealwe < L malva
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mal·low   (māl'ō)   
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 mlḥ in Semitic roots.]
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mallow 
O.E. malwe, from L. malva, from a pre-L. Mediterranean language, the same word that yielded Gk. malakhe "mallow."
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mallow

any of several flowering plants in the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), especially those of the genera Hibiscus and Malva. Hibiscus species include the great rose mallow (H. grandiflorus), with large white to purplish flowers; the soldier rose mallow (H. militaris), a shrub that grows to a height of 2 metres (6 feet); and the common, or swamp, rose mallow (H. moscheutos).

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