(marshli)

[ ly; Marsh-mallow ( Althea officinal is), a, invo -ly1.] Marshy. lucre and calyx. b, the fruit. 3640 A mer chly lond called Hold ern e e. Chaucer , Summoner's Tale, 1. 2. ( Harl . MS .) marsh-mallow (märsh'mal"ō), n. [ -mealewe , -mealuwe ), mersc , marsh, + meal we , mallow.] 1. A shrubby herb, Althea officinal is , growing in marshy places, especially maritime, in the temperate regions of the Old World, and on the coast of New England and New York. The flowering stalks are two or three feet high, the leaves broadly ovate, the moderate-sized flowers pale rose-color, chiefly in a terminal spike, but some peduncled in the upper axils. The mucilaginous root is used as a demulcent; it also forms the basis of well-known confections. The name has been locally applied to other plants, as Malva sylvestris . See Althea and althein , and cut preceding column. 2. A paste or confection made from the root of this plant. (In this sense usually written marshmallow.]