Malve

Definitions of Malve
  1. noun
    any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
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    Moschusmalve
    erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States
    Große Käsepappel, Wilde Malve
    erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
    Eibisch
    European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers
    Johanniskraut
    Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe
    type of:
    Busch, Gebüsch
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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