mallow
/ˈmæləʊ//ˈmæloʊ/
mallow noun: 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.
Noun
mallow (countable and uncountable, 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.
- 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... - 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
- Gonzalo. Had I plantation of this isle, my lord,—
- Larentia clavaria, an uncommon moth found across Eurasia.
Proper noun capitalized: Mallow
Mallow (countable and uncountable, plural Mallows)
- A surname.
- A town in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 5598).
- A locality in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.
mallow meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Tagalog
mallow in Tamil
- any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae
- துத்தி tutti
mallow in Urdu
- گل خیرو
mallow in Bengali
- বেগুনি, সাদা ফুলবিশিষ্ট বন্য গাছবিশেষ, এই ধরনের গাছের বাগান
mallow in Tagalog
- any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae
- padurut
More languagesFewer languages
- mallow in Arabic
- خُبَازَى ḵubāzā
- mallow in Persian
- ورتاج vartâj, پنیرک panirak
Examples of mallow in a sentence
- 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.1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 7, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC:
- 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:
- 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:
Forms of mallow
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mallows |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mallows |
Origin of mallow
From Middle English malwe, from Old English mealwe, borrowed from Latin malva. Compare the doublet mauve.
From Irish Meallach.
Words formed from mallow
- alkali mallow
- blue mallow
- bull mallow
- chaparral mallow
- Chinese mallow
- common mallow
- checkermallow
- country mallow
- curled mallow
- cut-leaved mallow
- dwarf mallow
- European mallow
- false mallow
- glade mallow
- globe mallow
- Greek mallow
- ground mallow
- high mallow
- hollyhock mallow
- Indian mallow
- Jew's mallow
- jute mallow
- low mallow
- mallow skipper
- mallowwort
- marsh mallow
- marshmallow
- musk mallow
- mallow rose
- Parry's mallow (Eremalche parryi
- poppy mallow
- prairie mallow
- rose mallow
- running mallow
- salt marsh mallow
- sea mallow
- seashore mallow
- shrub mallow
- swamp mallow
- tall mallow
- tree mallow
- Venice mallow
- vervain mallow
- water mallow
- wax mallow
- waxmallow
- white mallow
- whorled mallow
Words that rhyme with mallow
Questions about mallow
- What does mallow mean?
- Mallow means 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.
- What is mallow in Tamil?
- Mallow in Tamil is துத்தி (tutti). See Mallow meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use mallow in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is mallow?
- Mallow can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mallow?
- Mallow is pronounced /ˈmæləʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mallow?
- The plural of mallow is mallows.
Words near mallow in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mallow (page history and authors); Mallow (page history and authors); mallow (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mallow (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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