单词 | garden mallow |
释义 | > as lemmasgarden mallow garden mallow n. [after post-classical Latin malva hortensis (4th cent.)] (originally) the common hollyhock, Alcea rosea (family Malvaceae) (now rare or disused); (in later use also) any of several mallows of the genera Lavatera and Malva, now typically cultivated as ornamental plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > mallow flowers > hollyhock French mallowa1500 garden mallow1526 hollyhock1548 rose mallow1633 mallow1707 poppy mallow1861 sidalcea1882 1526 Grete Herball cclxxi. sig. P.iv Malua ortensis gardyn malowes It is a grete malowe in maner of a tre with grete leues. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 782 Of the garden Mallow called Hollihocke. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 36 The Garden-Mallow..proper rather for the Pot. 1727 S. Switzer Pract. Kitchen Gardiner iii. xxviii. 145 To the cooling and emollient herbs before-going, I add the garden mallow, equal to these for goodness. 1884 Illustr. Sci. Monthly 2 176/2 The grandest of the garden mallows are the well-known Lavatera arborea and L. trimestris. 1935 N.Y. Times 25 Aug. x8/5 These improved garden mallows..have huge blossoms..in rose, crimson, deep pink, and pure white. 2008 R. K. Horst Westcott's Plant Dis. Handbk. (ed. 7) 493 The fungus..attacks roots and stems of a varied list of hosts including..garden mallow, mountain-laurel, marigold and zinnia. < as lemmas |
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