| 单词 | great mallow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat mallow great mallow n. now rare any of several tall plants of the mallow family, esp. the marsh mallow, Althaea officinalis (formerly used medicinally), and the hollyhock, Alcea rosea. ΚΠ 1560 tr. Albertus Magnus' Bk. Secretes Sig. H.VII Stronge vyneger, and great malowes or holyhocke. 1676 N. Malby Remedies Dis. Horses sig. A.iv Take Mustarde seede, the great Mallowe roote, Oxe dung, so much as thou shalte thinke necessarie. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Moloche The great mallow or hollihock. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 268 Man must turn himself like the leaves of the great mallow, at the different day-seasons of his life. 1907 Atlantic Monthly July 96 I had already seen many of the great mallows with their rose-pink flowers, so like those of the hollyhock that not even the most careless eye can fail to notice the family resemblance. 2004 B. Nelson tr. E. Zola Kill 161 Her kisses bloomed and faded like the red flowers of the great mallow, which last scarcely a few hours and are endlessly renewed. < as lemmas |
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