marsh mallow
Americannoun
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an Old World mallow, Althaea officinalis, having pink flowers, found in marshy places.
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the rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
noun
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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
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another name for rose mallow
Etymology
Origin of marsh mallow
before 1000; Middle English marshmalue, Old English merscmealwe. See marsh, mallow
Example Sentences
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Today the marshmallow on your s’more contains no marsh mallow sap at all.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2018
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
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
Now, Anania, I’ll just go to the market and get you some marsh mallow; Selis will come with me to carry it.
From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
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)
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