mallow (malo)

[ L. malleus, a hammer, a mall: see malll.] 1. In an at., the proximal element of Meckel's car form later used as Gr., malache (also moloche ), IMG:content-0140.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] Branch of Mallow ( Malva rotund i folia ), with flowers and fruits. a, a flower; 6, the fruit; c, one of the carpels. soft.] Any plant of the genus Malva, or of the order Malvaceæ, the mallow family. Take malues with alle the rotes, and set he thame in water, and wasche thi hevede therwith. MS . Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 282. ( Hall i well .) Nowe malowe is so we, and myntes plannte or roote. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 84. Common mallow, in England, Malva sylvestris ; in Amer ica, sometimes, M. rotund i folia. - Country mallow, the common mallow. - Curled mallow, crisp a, in allusion to the leaves. Dwarf mallow, M. rotund i folia, low as compared with M. sylvestris. - False mallow, a plant of the genus Malva strum. - Glade-mallow, a plant of the genus Napea. - Globe mallow, a plant of the genus Sphæralcea. Indian mallow. (a) In America, Abutilon Avicenna, introduced from India. Also called velvet leaf. See American jute, under jute. (b) In England, a plant low. See Jews- mallow. - Marshmallow. See marsh mallow. - Musk-mallow, Malva moschata, so named from the scent of its foliage. - Rose-mallow, the genus Hibiscus, especially H. Moscheutos, the swamp rose-mallow. Tree mallow, Lavatera arborea. - Venice mallow, Hibiscus Trionum, the bladder-ketmia. See cheese cake, 3, dock1, 2. of either of the genera Sida and Urena. - Jews' mal mallow-rose (mal'ō-rōz), n. Same as rose mallow (which see, under mallow ). mallow wort (mal'ō-wert), n. Any plant of the mallow family, Malvacea.