mallow

/ˈmæloʊ/

/ˈmæləʊ/

Other forms: mallows

Definitions of mallow

1. noun

   any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
   types:

   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 mallow

   annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States

   Malva sylvestris, cheese, cheeseflower, high mallow, tall mallow

   erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

   Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus, abelmosk, musk mallow

   bushy 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, 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

   Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Sphaeralcea fasciculata, chaparral mallow

   shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea

   Malope trifida, malope

   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

   Napaea dioica, glade mallow

   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

   Queensland hemp, Sida rhombifolia, jellyleaf

   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

   Sidalcea malviflora, checkerbloom, 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

   Alcea rosea, Althea rosea, rose mallow

   plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock

   Althea officinalis, marsh mallow, white mallow

   European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers

   Callirhoe digitata, fringed poppy mallow

   perennial poppy mallow of United States southern plains states having rose-red or rose-purple flowers

   Callirhoe involucrata, purple poppy mallow

   hairy 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 mallow

   densely 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, kenaf

   valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation

   Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, blue mahoe, mahagua, mahoe, majagua

   erect 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 tree

   Australian tree with acid foliage

   Hibiscus moscheutos, common rose mallow, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow

   showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers

   Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis, cotton rose

   Chinese 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 plant

   large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers

   Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel

   East 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 Sharon

   Asiatic 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, purau

   shrubby 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-hour

   annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America

   Kosteletzya virginica, salt marsh mallow

   subshrub of southeastern United States to New York

   Malvastrum coccineum, Sphaeralcea coccinea, prairie mallow, red false mallow

   false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems