marsh mallow

American  

noun

1. an Old World mallow, Althaea officinalis, having pink flowers, found in marshy places.

2. the rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.

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marsh mallow British  

noun

1. a malvaceous plant, Althaea officinalis, that grows in salt marshes and has pale pink flowers. The roots yield a mucilage formerly used to make marshmallows

2. another name for rose mallow

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Etymology

Origin of marsh mallow

before 1000; Middle English marshmalue, Old English merscmealwe. See marsh, mallow

Example Sentences

The oldest ingredient in the s'more’s holy trinity is the marshmallow, a sweet that gets its name from a plant called, appropriately enough, the marsh mallow.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2018

Today the marshmallow on your s’more contains no marsh mallow sap at all.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2018

Alth�a, al-thē′a, n. a genus of plants including the marsh mallow and the hollyhock.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The Faeries from the flags in the marshes brought a carpet made of leaves of the white violet; the central figure was a marsh mallow.

From Seven Little People and their Friends by Scudder, Horace Elisha

After which Lewisham essayed to gather her a marsh mallow at the peril, as it was judged, of his life, and gained it together with a bootful of water.

From Love and Mr. Lewisham by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)