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Noun: false mallow
  1. Genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits
    "false mallow is well-adapted to desert conditions";
    - globe mallow
     
  2. An American plant of the genus Malvastrum
    "The false mallow's pink flowers attracted numerous pollinators to the garden"

Derived forms: false mallows

Type of: mallow

Part of: genus Sphaeralcea, Sphaeralcea

Encyclopedia: False mallow