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mallow¹

  • /ˈmæləʊ/ UK
  • /ˈmæloʊ/ US

Rhymes with -æləʊ

Where it comes from

From Middle English malwe, from Old English mealwe, borrowed from Latin malva. Compare the doublet mauve.

noun mallows

  1. countable, uncountable 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. Gonzalo. Had I plantation of this isle, my lord,— Antonio. He’ld sow’t with nettle-seed. Sebastian. Or docks, or mallows.
  2. countable, uncountable Larentia clavaria, an uncommon moth found across Eurasia.

Mallow²

  • /ˈmæləʊ/

Where it comes from

From Irish Meallach.

proper noun Mallows

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A town in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 5598).
  3. countable, uncountable A locality in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.

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noun any of a group of plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae

Españolmalva
한국어동규자 donggyuja
日本語葵 aoi, 銭葵 zeniaoi
中文錦葵 /锦葵 jǐnkuí
Portuguêsmalva
Françaismauve
DeutschMalve
Italianomalva
Ελληνικάμολόχα molócha
Românănalbă
Русскийма́льва málʹva
العربيةخُبَازَى ḵubāzā
עבריתחלמית ḥelmít

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@misc{mallow_2026,
  title = {mallow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mallow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}