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: any of a genus (Malva of the family Malvaceae, the mallow family) of herbs with palmately lobed or dissected leaves, usually showy flowers, and a disk-shaped fruit
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Today’s Wordle Etymology The word mauve comes from the French term for the mallow plant (malva in Latin), whose flowers have a similar pale purple color.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The primary threat to the mallow is mining, but its habitat is also affected by grazing, human activity, climate change and non-native grasses.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
Guez had intended to dry the root, stem, and leaves of the mallow plants between sheets of white pressing paper, like botanical specimens, but at the last minute decided to freeze the process at the fragile moment before a living plant becomes history.
—Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
In the kitchen, his fridge and pantry were stocked with esoteric ingredients: a cactus glaze, cold pickled desert mallow shrub, prickly pear sambal, bee pollen shoyu, mesquite sap.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The primary threat to the mallow is mining, but its habitat is also affected by grazing, human activity, climate change and non-native grasses.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
Guez had intended to dry the root, stem, and leaves of the mallow plants between sheets of white pressing paper, like botanical specimens, but at the last minute decided to freeze the process at the fragile moment before a living plant becomes history.
—Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
In the kitchen, his fridge and pantry were stocked with esoteric ingredients: a cactus glaze, cold pickled desert mallow shrub, prickly pear sambal, bee pollen shoyu, mesquite sap.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Mallow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mallow. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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mallow
noun
mal·low
ˈmal-ō 
: any of a group of herbs with lobed leaves, usually showy flowers, and a disk-shaped fruit
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