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Definition of Tree mallow
1. Noun. Arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States.
Group relationships: Genus Lavatera, Lavatera
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tree Mallow
Literary usage of Tree mallow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"LAVATERA, L. tree mallow, etc. Malvaceae. Named in honor of the two Lavaters,
naturalists of Zurich. ... tree mallow, Sea Mallow, Velvet-leaf. 1147. ..."
2. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"I am even very sanguine that the same fibrous portion of the Tree-Mallow, ...
With these views, and with the intent ion of causing the Tree-Mallow fibre to ..."
3. A String of Chinese Peach-stones by William Arthur Cornaby (1895)
"This double use of 1 he word is not unknown in China, for besides the much-quoted
water lotus of Buddhism, there is a tree mallow (hibiscus ..."
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