mallow en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English malwe, from Old English mealwe, borrowed from Latin malva. Compare the doublet mauve.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
The root of the mallow in goat's milk excites the sexual urge, according to Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist of the first century A.D.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 144:'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:Not Heathpout, or the rarer Bird, / Which Phasis, or Ionia yields, / More pleasing Morsels would afford / Than the fat Olives of my Fields; / Than Shards or Mallows for the Pot, / That keep the loosen’d Body sound, / Or than the Lamb that falls by Lot, / To the just Guardian of my Ground.
1684, John Dryden, “From Horace, Epode 2”, in The Second Part of Miscellany Poems, 4th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, page 79:For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 30:3-4:Hallo Hallo, brain of tallow, / Guts are gone, noggin’s hollow. / Seeking sweets and marshing mallows, / Watch your back, and your candy sack.
2017 October 19, “Hallohallo”, in Circuit Break, Konami:Gonzalo. Had I plantation of this isle, my lord,— Antonio. He’ld sow’t with nettle-seed. Sebastian. Or docks, or mallows.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:The Time Traveller paused, put his hand into his pocket, and silently placed two withered flowers, not unlike very large white mallows, upon the little table. Then he resumed his narrative.
1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 7, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC:1840, Robert Browning, Sordello, Book IV, in Sordello; Strafford; Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1863, p. 112, The thoroughfares were overrun with weed — Docks, quitchgrass, loathly mallows no man plants.
- (countable, uncountable) Larentia clavaria, an uncommon moth found across Eurasia.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mallows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
marsh mallow · whorled mallow · mallowwort · tree mallow · Venice mallow · jute mallow · poppy mallow · chaparral mallow · globe mallow · sea mallow · rose mallow · country mallow · low mallow · European mallow · white mallow · false mallow · Indian mallow · cut-leaved mallow · mallow skipper · prairie mallow · Parry's mallow (Eremalche parryi · waxmallow · alkali mallow · glade mallow · swamp mallow · musk mallow · Greek mallow · salt marsh mallow · tall mallow · ground mallow · curled mallow · high mallow · common mallow · water mallow · seashore mallow · shrub mallow · Chinese mallow · mallow rose · checkermallow · wax mallow · dwarf mallow · blue mallow · bull mallow · running mallow · hollyhock mallow · marshmallow · vervain mallow · Jew's mallow
Translations (64)
ko 동규자 (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ang mealwe (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · fa پنیرک (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · az əməköməci (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · hu mályva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · it malva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · nb kattostfamilien (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · uk мальва (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ro nalbă (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · oc malva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · scn marva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ja 銭葵 (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · sc marma (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · gl malva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · fa ورتاج (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ta துத்தி (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · cy malw (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · hsb šlěz (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · sq mëllagë (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · kk құлқайыр (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ady абэдзэкъуай (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ar خُبَازَى (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · tr ebegümeci (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ca malva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ang cottuc (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ja 葵 (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · hy փիփերթ (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ka ბალბა (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · lt dedešva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · cmn 錦葵 /锦葵 (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · pnt μολόχ̌ι (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · cy hocys (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · la malva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · eo malvo (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · enm malwe (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · hu papsajt (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · nrf p'tite mauve (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · sc màrmara (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · mi marou (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · nl kaasjeskruid (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · io malvo (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · sl slezenovec (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · de Malve (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · sc mafra (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · scn màliva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · bg слез (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ota ابه كومجی (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · vec nalba (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · fur malve (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · sv malva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · he חלמית (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · sc narba (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · pt malva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · es malva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · fi malva (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · tl padurut (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · pl ślaz (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · el μολόχα (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ang ġeormanlēaf (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · grc μαλάχη (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · sh slez (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · ru ма́льва (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · fr mauve (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae) · cs sléz (any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae)