marsh mallow
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marsh mallow
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From marsh + mallow.
noun marsh mallows · marshmallow · marsh-mallow
- A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the plant). Amongst the herbs to be administered when the charm was sung over him were a yew-berry, lupin, helenium, marsh mallow, dock elder, wormwood and strawberry leaves.
- Hibiscus moscheutos (crimsoneyed rosemallow, swamp rosemallow. eastern rosemallow)
- Malva sylvestris (common mallow)
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noun Althaea officinalis
| Español | malvavisco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마시멜로 masimello |
| 日本語 | ビロードアオイ birōdoaoi |
| 中文 | 藥用蜀葵 /药用蜀葵 yàoyòng shǔkuí |
| Português | alteia, malvavisco, malvaísco |
| Français | guimauve |
| Deutsch | Eibisch |
| Italiano | altea |
| Ελληνικά | αλθαία althaía, νερομολόχα neromolócha, δενδρομολόχα dendromolócha |
| Română | nalbă |
| Русский | алте́й лека́рственный altéj lekárstvennyj |
| Tiếng Việt | kẹo dẻo |
| العربية | خِطْمِيّ ḵiṭmiyy |
| עברית | נטופית רפואית netofit refuit |
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title = {marsh mallow},
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