common mallow

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   annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States

   SynonymsMalva neglecta

   Broadermallow

   Part ofMalva

Questions about common mallow

What does common mallow mean?

common mallow means "annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States".

What is another word for common mallow?

Close synonyms include Malva neglecta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common mallow a common word?

common mallow is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.