Malvaceous
/mælˈveɪʃəs/noun
Relating to the mallow family of plants (Malvaceae).
Did you know?Malvaceous is a botanical word built from Latin and Greek naming traditions, and the mallow family includes plants long used in folk medicine for their soothing, mucilaginous properties.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Gk
malakhḗ
“mallow, the soft plant”
Latin
Lat
malva
“mallow”
New Latin
NL
Malvaceae
“the mallow family of plants”
19th Century
English
malvaceous
“pertaining to the mallow family”
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