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Definition of Common mallow
1. Noun. Annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Mallow
Literary usage of Common mallow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances by Clinton G. Gilroy (1845)
"These are, the common mallow, Malva Silvestris, Linn.; the Marsh Mallow. ...
The common mallow is called by the Latin writers Malva. by the Greek ..."
2. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1878)
"Like its near ally the common mallow, it is only found in Scotland in the ...
In our remarks on the common mallow the many features that are common to all ..."
3. Handbook of Foliage and Foreground Drawing by George Barnard (1884)
"common mallow. MALVA SYLVESTRIS. As this is a large straggling plant, very common,
and easily recognized, it is well adapted for the foreground. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The common mallow (Malva sylvestris), the maure of the French, is an erect biennial
plant with long-stalked roundish-angular serrate leaves, ..."
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