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noun
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a sweetened paste or confection made from the mucilaginous root of the marsh mallow.
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Marshmallow
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marshmallow
O.E. mersc-mealwe "kind of mallow plant (Althea officinalis) which grows near salt marshes." The confection was originally (1884) made from paste from the roots of this plant. The Gk. word for the plant, althaea, is from althein "to heal."
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marshmallow
aerated candy that originated as a versatile medicinal syrup and ointment; it was made from root sap of the marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis), sugar, and egg white.
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