Mallow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmæləʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mallow is a noun meaning Larentia clavaria, an uncommon moth found across Eurasia.
Meaning
Larentia clavaria, an uncommon moth found across Eurasia.
More Meanings
- Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.
Example Sentences
Gonzalo. Had I plantation of this isle, my lord,— Antonio. He’ld sow’t with nettle-seed. Sebastian. Or docks, or mallows.
The root of the mallow in goat's milk excites the sexual urge, according to Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist of the first century A.D.
Hallo Hallo, brain of tallow, / Guts are gone, noggin’s hollow. / Seeking sweets and marshing mallows, / Watch your back, and your candy sack.
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
Word Forms
- mallows
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include marsh, malva, malvacea, cheeses, marshmallow, mallowwort.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.