Noun | 1. false mallow - genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruitsglobe mallowmallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceaegenus Sphaeralcea, Sphaeralcea - large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallowsMalvastrum coccineum, prairie mallow, red false mallow, Sphaeralcea coccinea - false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum | | 2.false mallow - an American plant of the genus Malvastrummallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceae |