noun
erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
• Syn: ↑tall mallow, ↑cheese, ↑cheeseflower, ↑Malva sylvestris
• Hypernyms: ↑mallow
• Member Holonyms: ↑Malva, ↑genus Malva
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noun : a common biennial hirsute mallow (Malva sylvestris) native to Europe and naturalized in the eastern United States having an erect stem, long-petioled leaves and rose-purple flowers with darker veins
Useful english dictionary. 2012.