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noun
Malva arborea, a mallow native to the British Isles and Mediterranean Europe and Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: velvetleaf, velvet-leaf, Lavatera arborea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
Possibly a calque of Classical Greek δενδρομαλάχη (dendromalákhē) from δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”).
