rose mallow

noun

1. any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.

rose mallow

noun

1. Also called (US and Canadian)marsh mallow any of several malvaceous marsh plants of the genus Hibiscus , such as H. moscheutos , of E North America, having pink or white flowers and downy leaves
2. See hollyhock
   another name for the hollyhock

Word History and Origins

Origin of rose mallow¹

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

The pink bee-bush stood tall along the sandy roadsides, and the cone-flowers and rose mallow grew everywhere.

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The Rose Mallow bears rose-colored or rose-purple flowers from early summer to midsummer.

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They were screened by a tangle of rose-mallow, and there John Woolfolk seated himself—waiting.

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The Rose-Mallow alone was too busily employed in climbing the wall to observe what circumstance was disturbing the flower-garden.

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As she walked, weeping, beside the once brilliant border, she saw the Rose-Mallow lying half-dead across her path.

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