false mallow

Questions about false mallow

What does false mallow mean?

false mallow means "genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for false mallow?

Close synonyms include globe mallow. 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 false mallow a common word?

false mallow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.