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Definition of Mallows

1. mallow [n] - See also: mallow

Medical Definition of Mallows

1. A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous. The flowers of the common mallow (M. Sylvestris) are used in medicine. The dwarf mallow (M. Rotundifolia) is a common weed, and its flattened, dick-shaped fruits are called cheeses by children. Tree mallow (M. Mauritiana and Lavatera arborea), musk mallow (M. Moschata), rose mallow or hollyhock, and curled mallow (M. Crispa), are less commonly seen. Indian mallow. See Abutilon. Jew's mallow, a plant (Corchorus olitorius) used as a pot herb by the Jews of Egypt and Syria. Marsh mallow. See Marsh. Origin: OE. Malwe, AS. Mealwe, fr. L. Malva, akin to Gr. Malachh; cf. Malassein to soften, malakos soft. Named either from its softening or relaxing properties, or from its soft downy leaves. Cf. Mauve, Malachite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mallows

Literary usage of Mallows

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances by Clinton G. Gilroy (1845)
"The earliest mention of mallows is to be found in Job xxx. 4. ... Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper-roots for their meat."—Job xxx. 4. ..."

2. The Pantropheon, Or, History of Food, and Its Preparation, from the Earliest by Alexis Soyer (1853)
"The curious may consult on this subject the twenty-first chapter of the twentieth book of his great work. ^At all events mallows were in high renown ..."

3. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1860)
"So insignificant a plant as the mallows of our northern climate, would hardly be supposed ... But to this extensive family belong not only the true mallows, ..."

4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... More pleasing morsels would afford 80 Thau the fat olives of my fields; Than shards or mallows for the pot, To the just guardian of my ground. ..."

5. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1838)
"Baths of sweet water, in which were sod mallows, violets. roses, water-lillies, borage flowers, rams heads, ta. Inwardly taken, Compounds. ..."

6. The Poets of the Future: A College Anthology by Henry Thomas (1918)
"... The rose mallows bloom, as a ruddy hued cloud Colored bright by the glow of the sunset dyes. A glorious vision! It stretches afar Like a deepening blush ..."

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