marshmallow
/mɑːʃˈmaləʊ
/noun
1A soft, chewy item of confectionery made with sugar and gelatin: toasting marshmallows over a campfire [as modifier]: chocolate-covered marshmallow cookies figurative a tough-as-nails reporter with a marshmallow centre...
- The marshmallow centre will sink and leave high, crisp sides.
- A pavlova sounds a little tricky for the cook, but really it's just a meringue with a chewy or marshmallow centre and I haven't eaten one for a long time.
- Invite each princess to build a castle of marshmallows, gumdrops, soft candies and toothpicks.
2 (also marsh mallow) A tall pink-flowered European plant that grows in brackish marshes. The roots were formerly used to make marshmallow, and it is sometimes cultivated for medicinal use.
- Althaea officinalis, family Malvaceae.
