ROSE MALLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rose mallow mean? 

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

1. showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers

2. plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSE MALLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common rose mallow; Hibiscus moscheutos; rose mallow; swamp mallow; swamp rose mallow

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

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alcea rosea; Althea rosea; rose mallow

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

hollyhock (any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers)

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

Alcea; genus Alcea (genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea)