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Webster 1828 Edition

Mallow

MALLOW

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Noun.

[L. malva; Gr. soft; Eng. mellow.]

A plant of the genus Malva; so called form its emollient qualities.

Marsh-mallows, a plant of the genus Althaea.

Definition 2024

mallow

mallow

English

Noun

mallow ‎(plural mallows)

Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.

Derived terms

Indian mallow
Jew's mallow
marshmallow

Translations

any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae

Adyghe: абэдзэкъуай ‎(ābăʒăq°āj)
Arabic: خُبَازَى f ‎(ḵubāzā)
Catalan: malva f
Chinese: 锦葵 (jǐn kuí), 蜀葵 (shǔ kuí), 冬寒菜 (dōngháncài)
Czech: sléz (cs) m
Dutch: kaasjeskruid n
Esperanto: malva (eo)
Finnish: malva (fi)
French: mauve (fr) f
Friulian: malve f
Galician: malva (gl) f
Georgian: ბალბა ‎(balba)
German: Malve f
Greek: μολόχα (el) f ‎(molócha)
Hebrew: חלמית (he) f ‎(ḥelmít)
Hungarian: papsajt (hu)
Ido: malvo (io)
Italian: malva (it) f
Korean: 동규자 ‎(donggyuja)
Latin: malva f

Lithuanian: dedešva
Norman: p'tite mauve f (Jersey)
Norwegian: kattoster
Occitan: malva f
Old English: cottuc m, mealwe f
Persian: ورتاج (fa) ‎(vartâj), پنیرک (fa) ‎(panirak)
Polish: ślaz m
Portuguese: malva (pt) f
Romanian: nalbă (ro)
Russian: ма́льва (ru) f ‎(málʹva)
Sardinian: narba f, mafra f, marma f, màrmara
Sicilian: marva (scn) f, màliva (scn) f
Serbo-Croatian: slez (sh) m
Slovene: slezenovec (sl) m
Spanish: malva (es) f
Swedish: malva c
Tagalog: padurut
Ukrainian: мальва f ‎(malʹva)
Upper Sorbian: šlěz m
Venetian: nalba f

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