wymoten.
/ˈwʌɪməʊt/ Now local.
The marsh-mallow, Althea officinalis.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Wymot is Ibiscus.
1665 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια (ed. 2) 479 Wymot, see Marsh mallow.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 612 Marsh Mallow. Wymote. [Found in] salt marshes and banks of rivers.
1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 639 Althæa officinalis. Shop marsh-mallow... Wymote.
1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Wimote,..common Marsh Mallow.
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