mallow

n. 锦葵 [医] 锦葵

发音

UK /ˈmæləʊ/
其它
US /ˈmæloʊ/

词形变化

mallows 复数 mallows

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.

    锦葵

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    1840, Robert Browning, Sordello, Book IV, in Sordello; Strafford; Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1863, p. 112, The thoroughfares were overrun with weed — Docks, quitchgrass, loathly mallows no man plants.

  2. 2.

    Larentia clavaria, an uncommon moth found across Eurasia.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

bush shrub

下位词 10

cheese althea hibiscus falsemallow hollyhock Indian mallow musk mallow abelmosk althaea checkerbloom

相关短语

globe mallow 球葵 vervain mallow Jew's mallow rose mallow 蜀葵 musk mallow 黄葵 marsh mallow [医] 欧蜀葵, 药蜀葵 false mallow [网络] 西北美夏葵；赛葵 common mallow =cheese tree mallow 花葵 jute mallow poppy mallow [网络] 罂粟花 Chinese mallow Indian mallow na. 【植】莔麻 (Abutilon theophrasti) [网络] 印度锦葵；苘麻；青麻 bull mallow

词源

From Middle English malwe, from Old English mealwe, borrowed from Latin malva. Compare the doublet mauve.

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