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Vinony

mallow

noun

  1. type of flowering plant
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmæləʊ/ / /ˈmæloʊ/

name

Etymology: From Irish Meallach.

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 5598).
  3. A locality in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English malwe, from Old English mealwe, borrowed from Latin malva. Compare the doublet mauve.

  1. Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.

    “Gonzalo. Had I plantation of this isle, my lord,— Antonio. He’ld sow’t with nettle-seed. Sebastian. Or docks, or mallows.”

    “For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.”

  2. Larentia clavaria, an uncommon moth found across Eurasia.