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Definition of Cheeseflower
1. Noun. Erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States.
Group relationships: Genus Malva, Malva
Generic synonyms: Mallow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheeseflower
Literary usage of Cheeseflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"High mallow; common mallow; cheeseflower. Biennial herb; adventive from Europe;
sparingly distributed in the United States and Canada, growing in waste ..."
2. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"... the Common High Mallow, cheeseflower, or Round Dock (Malva sylvestris).
Its purplish-rose flowers, from which the French have derived their word mauve, ..."
3. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1900)
"... the Common High Mallow, cheeseflower, or Round Dock (Malva sylvestris).
Its purplish-rose flowers, from which the French have derived their word mauve, ..."
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