| 单词 | white mallow |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite mallow white mallow n. marshmallow, Althaea officinalis, which has pale, downy leaves and pale pink flowers (now rare); (in later use also) any of various other mallows with pale flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > marshmallow marshmalloweOE hollyhocka1300 wymalvea1300 white mallowa1400 vimauea1425 mallow1483 marish mallow1548 water mallow1548 mucilage mallow1578 moorish mallow1597 wymote1597 shrub mallow1640 guimauve1812 a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 53 Tak the white malue, and bryn hit. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum ii. lxv. 307 Wee in English call it marsh Mallow, from the place where it chiefly groweth in the salt marshes as I said before, or white Mallow from the colour of the leaves. 1796 R. E. Hunter Short Descr. Isle Thanet 85 White mallow, on the road to Salmstone. 1812 W. T. Aiton Hortus Kewensis (ed. 2) IV. 213 M. frutescens... Panicled white Mallow. Nat. of Mexico. 2011 Toronto Star (Nexis) 8 July (Living section) i. 3 She recommends combining her brood with a variety of plants: fleece flower Persicaria polymorpha, foxgloves, white mallows, lilies. < as lemmas |
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