WHITE MALLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white mallow mean? 

• WHITE MALLOW (noun)
  The noun WHITE MALLOW has 1 sense:

1. European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers

  Familiarity information: WHITE MALLOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE MALLOW (noun)

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Meaning:

European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Althea officinalis; marsh mallow; white mallow

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

althaea; althea; hollyhock (any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea)

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

genus Althaea (hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea)