单词 | rose mallow |
释义 | > as lemmasrose mallow rose mallow n. †(a) the common hollyhock, Alcea rosea (obsolete); (b) any of the hibiscuses; esp. (more fully swamp rose mallow) Hibiscus moscheutos. 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 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. cccli. 929 This may be called Multea bortensis rubra multiplex, Double red Hollihockes, or Rose mallow. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Malva The rose Mallow, or, as we call it, the hollyoak. 1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 70 H. Moscheùtos, L. (Swamp Rose-Mallow.) 1916 National Geographic Mag. June 587/1 The swamp rose-mallow is one of the largest and most gorgeous of all indigenous American flowering plants. 2002 B. Schwarzman Nature of Cape Cod 55 A spectacular plant of marshes is Rose Mallow, which can turn a green marsh into a sea of pink in the late summer. < as lemmas |
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