mallow
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mal·low /ˈmæləʊ $ -oʊ/ noun [countable, uncountable] HBPa plant with pink or purple flowers 锦葵 → marshmallow
Examples from the Corpus
mallow• Leaves murmured, and foxglove and mallow nodded by the path; and a butterfly glinted past like a flake of amber.• The bank above it was a tangled slope of late-flowering mallow and campion, bright purple-pink in the long grass.• So Clarins created Eye Contour Gel with plant extracts from camomile, cornflower, marigold, soothing mallow and astringent witch-hazel.Origin mallow (1000-1100) Latin malvamal·low nounChineseSyllable
or purple pink a plant flowers Corpus with
mallow
mal‧low /ˈmæləʊ $ -oʊ/
noun [uncountable and countable]
⇨ marshmallow
mal‧low /ˈmæləʊ $ -oʊ/
noun [uncountable and countable] Date: 1000-1100
Language: Latin
Origin: malva
a plant with pink or purple flowersLanguage: Latin
Origin: malva
⇨ marshmallow