mallow
Noun
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Any of various plants of the family Malvaceae (synset 112191102)
subtypes:
- malva moschata, mus rose, musk mallow - erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States
- common mallow, malva neglecta - annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States
- cheese, cheeseflower, high mallow, malva sylvestris, tall mallow - erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
- abelmoschus moschatus, abelmosk, hibiscus moschatus, musk mallow - bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
- abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, china jute, indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf, velvetweed - tall 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
- hollyhock - any 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, hollyhock - any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
- poppy mallow - a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer
- hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus
- iliamna remota, sphaeralcea remota, wild hollyhock - a 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 hollyhock - perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers
- seashore mallow - any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus
- chaparral mallow, malacothamnus fasciculatus, sphaeralcea fasciculata - shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
- malope, malope trifida - western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts
- false mallow - an American plant of the genus Malvastrum
- sleeping hibiscus, wax mallow, waxmallow - any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
- glade mallow, napaea dioica - tall 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 mallow - tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers
- jellyleaf, queensland hemp, sida rhombifolia - herb 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 spinosa - tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States
- checkerbloom, sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock - perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated
- false mallow, globe mallow - genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits
belongs to: family malvaceae, mallow family, malvaceae - herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra
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