The Collaborative International Dictionary
mallow family
mallow family \mallow family\ n. (Bot.) The natural family Malvaceae, a dilleniid dicot family consisting of herbs and shrubs and some trees, and including the mallows, cotton, and okra.
mallow family
Malvaceae \Malvaceae\ prop. n. A natural family of herbs and shrubs and some trees, including the mallows, cotton, and okra; the mallow family.
Syn: family Malvaceae, mallow family.
WordNet
mallow family
n. herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra [syn: Malvaceae, family Malvaceae]
Usage examples of "mallow family".
The leaves on Plate II come from a Sidalcea (of the mallow family), those on Plate III from a Delphinium.