PRAIRIE MALLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie mallow mean? 

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

1. false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRAIRIE MALLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

False mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Malvastrum coccineum; prairie mallow; red false mallow; Sphaeralcea coccinea

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

false mallow; globe mallow (genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits)