indian mallow

Questions about indian mallow

What does indian mallow mean?

indian mallow means "tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for indian mallow?

Close synonyms include Sida spinosa, velvetleaf, velvet-leaf, velvetweed, butter-print. 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 indian mallow a common word?

indian 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.