INDIAN MALLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian mallow mean? 

• INDIAN MALLOW (noun)
  The noun INDIAN MALLOW has 2 senses:

1. tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States

2. tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States

  Familiarity information: INDIAN MALLOW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIAN MALLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Indian mallow; Sida spinosa

Hypernyms ("Indian mallow" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Holonyms ("Indian mallow" is a member of...):

genus Sida; Sida (large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Abutilon theophrasti; butter-print; China jute; Indian mallow; velvet-leaf; velvetleaf; velvetweed

Hypernyms ("Indian mallow" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Holonyms ("Indian mallow" is a member of...):

Abutilon; genus Abutilon (herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow)