Phrase guide

marsh mallow

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the plant).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

Hibiscus moscheutos (crimsoneyed rosemallow, swamp rosemallow. eastern rosemallow)

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noun

Meaning 3

Malva sylvestris (common mallow)

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noun

Meaning 4

European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: white mallow, Althea officinalis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: althea, althaea, hollyhock

History

Etymology

From marsh + mallow.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: malvalekker — Althaea officinalis
  • Albanian: mullanjë — Althaea officinalis
  • Arabic: خِطْمِيّ (ḵiṭmiyy) — Althaea officinalis
  • Armenian: տուղտ դեղատու (tuġt deġatu) — Althaea officinalis
  • Azerbaijani: əməkömənçi — Althaea officinalis
  • Bulgarian: лечебна ружа (lečebna ruža) — Althaea officinalis
  • Catalan: malví — Althaea officinalis
  • Catalan: altea — Althaea officinalis
  • Catalan: malva blanca — Althaea officinalis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藥用蜀葵 /药用蜀葵 (yàoyòng shǔkuí) — Althaea officinalis
  • Chuvash: шӑпӑр курӑкӗ (šăp̬ăr k̬urăk̬ĕ) — Althaea officinalis
  • Czech: proskurník lékařský — Althaea officinalis
  • Danish: lægestokrose — Althaea officinalis
  • Dutch: heemst — Althaea officinalis
  • Esperanto: alteo — Althaea officinalis
  • Finnish: rohtosalkoruusu — Althaea officinalis
  • French: guimauve — Althaea officinalis
  • German: Eibisch — Althaea officinalis
  • Greek: αλθαία (althaía) — Althaea officinalis
  • Greek: νερομολόχα (neromolócha) — Althaea officinalis
  • Greek: δενδρομολόχα (dendromolócha) — Althaea officinalis
  • Ancient Greek: ἀλθαία (althaía) — Althaea officinalis
  • Ancient Greek: ἰβίσκος (ibískos) — Althaea officinalis
  • Hebrew: נטופית רפואית (netofit refuit) — Althaea officinalis
  • Hungarian: orvosi ziliz — Althaea officinalis
  • Ido: malvavisko — Althaea officinalis
  • Irish: leamhach — Althaea officinalis
  • Italian: altea — Althaea officinalis
  • Japanese: ビロードアオイ (birōdoaoi) — Althaea officinalis
  • Korean: 마시멜로 (masimello) — Althaea officinalis
  • Latin: malva — Althaea officinalis
  • Macedonian: бел слез (bel slez) — Althaea officinalis
  • Old English: merscmealwe — Althaea officinalis
  • Old English: hoc — Althaea officinalis
  • Persian: خطمی — Althaea officinalis
  • Persian: ختمی — Althaea officinalis
  • Polish: prawoślaz lekarski — Althaea officinalis
  • Portuguese: alteia — Althaea officinalis
  • Portuguese: malvavisco — Althaea officinalis
  • Portuguese: malvaísco — Althaea officinalis
  • Punjabi: ਖਤਮੀ (khatmī) — Althaea officinalis
  • Romanian: nalbă — Althaea officinalis
  • Russian: алте́й лека́рственный (altéj lekárstvennyj) — Althaea officinalis
  • Serbo-Croatian: бели слез — Althaea officinalis
  • Serbo-Croatian: бијели сљез — Althaea officinalis
  • Serbo-Croatian: beli slez — Althaea officinalis
  • Serbo-Croatian: bijeli sljez — Althaea officinalis
  • Slovak: ibištek — Althaea officinalis
  • Upper Sorbian: lěkarska popla — Althaea officinalis
  • Spanish: malvavisco — Althaea officinalis
  • Swedish: läkemalva — Althaea officinalis
  • Tagalog: halaman ng masmelow — Althaea officinalis
  • Tamil: மார்ஷ்மெல்லோ (mārṣmellō) — Althaea officinalis
  • Thai: มาร์ชแมลโลว์ (máach-mɛn-lôo) — Althaea officinalis
  • Turkish: hatmi — Althaea officinalis
  • Ottoman Turkish: خطمی (hatmi) — Althaea officinalis
  • Ukrainian: алтей (altej) — Althaea officinalis
  • Vietnamese: kẹo dẻo — Althaea officinalis
  • Walloon: måvlete — Althaea officinalis
  • Welsh: hocys y morfa — Althaea officinalis
  • Yiddish: ברוסטטיי (brusttey) — Althaea officinalis