mallow
Americannoun
noun
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any plant of the malvaceous genus Malva, esp M. sylvestris of Europe, having purple, pink, or white flowers See also dwarf mallow musk mallow
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any of various related plants, such as the marsh mallow, rose mallow, Indian mallow, and tree mallow
Etymology
Origin of mallow
before 1000; Middle English malue, Old English mealwe < Latin malva
Example Sentences
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The Raiders have won 10 straight games with the help of senior outside hitter Olivia Mallow, who leads the team with 111 kills.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2019
That fact will make the biggest win of Sugrue’s life only more special for the man from the Mallow club in County Cork.
From Golf Digest • Jun. 22, 2019
Mallow thought a restored, historic bar would be a draw for the tourists who come here for the nearby lakefront resort and the lodge down the road that caters to snowmobilers.
From Washington Times • Feb. 25, 2018
On Saturday the violist Jeanne Mallow and the pianist Vladimir Valjarevic delve into Brahms’s “Sonatensatz” and the luscious Sonata in B flat by Vieuxtemps.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2016
Woundwort led the first patrol in person, taking Groundsel to show him where Mallow had picked up the strangers’ southward trail.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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