rose mallow

Questions about rose mallow

What does rose mallow mean?

rose mallow means "showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for rose mallow?

Close synonyms include swamp mallow, common rose mallow, swamp rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos, Alcea rosea. 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 rose mallow a common word?

rose 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.