| 单词 | mallow |
| 释义 | mallow (once / 4985 pages) n WORD FAMILY mallow: mallows USAGE EXAMPLESSo far, they’ve mapped the James, Nanticoke and Susquehanna rivers, and Mallows Bay, part of the Potomac River. Washington Times(Sep 17, 2016) In the spring the tall grass grew along its sides— wild oats and mallow weeds and yellow mustard mixed in. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) Elena’s black hair, gathered in a luxuriant pony tail, is accented with apricot mallow, a flower native to Southern California and Northern Mexico. New York Times(Jul 10, 2016) n any of various plants of the family Malvaceae Hypo|Hyper Malva moschata, mus rose, musk mallow erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States Malva neglecta, common mallowannual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States Malva sylvestris, cheese, cheeseflower, high mallow, tall mallowerect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus, abelmosk, musk mallowbushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus Abutilon theophrasti, China jute, Indian mallow, butter-print, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf, velvetweedtall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States hollyhockany of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers althaea, althea, hollyhockany of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea poppy mallowa plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer hibiscusany plant of the genus Hibiscus Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota, wild hollyhocka rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea Iliamna acerifolia, Iliamna ruvularis, mountain hollyhockperennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers seashore mallowany of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Sphaeralcea fasciculata, chaparral mallowshrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea Malope trifida, malopewestern Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts false mallowan American plant of the genus Malvastrum sleeping hibiscus, wax mallow, waxmallowany of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers Napaea dioica, glade mallowtall coarse American herb having palmate leaves and numerous small white dioecious flowers; found wild in most alluvial soils of eastern and central United States Sida hermaphrodita, Virginia mallowtall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers Queensland hemp, Sida rhombifolia, jellyleafherb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed Indian mallow, Sida spinosatropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States Sidalcea malviflora, checkerbloom, wild hollyhockperennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated false mallow, globe mallowgenus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits Alcea rosea, Althea rosea, rose mallowplant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock Althea officinalis, marsh mallow, white mallowEuropean perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers Callirhoe digitata, fringed poppy mallowperennial poppy mallow of United States southern plains states having rose-red or rose-purple flowers Callirhoe involucrata, purple poppy mallowhairy perennial of central United States having round deeply lobed leaves and loose panicles of large crimson-purple or cherry-red flowers Callirhoe triangulata, clustered poppy mallowdensely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, deccan hemp, kanaf, kenafvaluable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, blue mahoe, mahagua, mahoe, majaguaerect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks Hibiscus heterophyllus, sorrel treeAustralian tree with acid foliage Hibiscus moscheutos, common rose mallow, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallowshowy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis, cotton roseChinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Rose of China, shoe black, shoeblack plantlarge showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrelEast Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber Hibiscus syriacus, rose of SharonAsiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe Hibiscus tiliaceus, balibago, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, puraushrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament Hibiscus trionum, black-eyed Susan, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hourannual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America Kosteletzya virginica, salt marsh mallowsubshrub of southeastern United States to New York Malvastrum coccineum, Sphaeralcea coccinea, prairie mallow, red false mallowfalse mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum bush, shrub a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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