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单词 mallow
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Definition of mallow in English:

mallow

noun ˈmaləʊˈmæloʊ
  • A herbaceous plant with hairy stems, pink or purple flowers, and disc-shaped fruit.

    Genus Malva, family Malvaceae (the mallow family, which also contains hollyhocks, hibiscus, and abutilon): many species. See also marshmallow, tree mallow

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dried or fresh flowers and leaves of high mallow and dwarf mallow are used as food and medicine.
    • Rose mallow can be distinguished from marsh mallow mainly by the leaves and the size of the flowers.
    • My parents are buried in a garden I made in Water Mill, the graves two unmarked stones, surrounded by Montauk daisies and pink mallow.
    • The look is deliberately natural, with an emphasis on indigenous plants such as swamp mallow and drought-tolerant ornamental grasses.
    • Other locals include yarrow, pussytoes, mallow, cudweed, meadowsweet, and chickweed.

Origin

Old English meal(u)we, from Latin malva; related to Greek malakhē; compare with mauve.

Rhymes

aloe, callow, fallow, hallow, marshmallow, sallow, shallow, tallow
 
 

Definition of mallow in US English:

mallow

nounˈmalōˈmæloʊ
  • A herbaceous plant with hairy stems, pink or purple flowers, and disk-shaped fruit. Several kinds are grown as ornamentals, and some are edible.

    Genus Malva, family Malvaceae (the mallow family): many species. This family also includes the hollyhocks, hibiscus, and abutilon. See also marshmallow, rose mallow

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My parents are buried in a garden I made in Water Mill, the graves two unmarked stones, surrounded by Montauk daisies and pink mallow.
    • Other locals include yarrow, pussytoes, mallow, cudweed, meadowsweet, and chickweed.
    • The dried or fresh flowers and leaves of high mallow and dwarf mallow are used as food and medicine.
    • The look is deliberately natural, with an emphasis on indigenous plants such as swamp mallow and drought-tolerant ornamental grasses.
    • Rose mallow can be distinguished from marsh mallow mainly by the leaves and the size of the flowers.

Origin

Old English meal(u)we, from Latin malva; related to Greek malakhē; compare with mauve.

 
 
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