Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tree mallow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: tree -mal-low
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Malva arborea, a mallow native to the British Isles and Mediterranean Europe and Africa.

Etymology

Possibly a calque of Classical Greek δενδρομαλάχη (dendromalákhē) from δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”).

Inflected Forms

tree mallows (plural)

Synonyms

velvetleaf velvet-leaf lavatera arborea

Questions

What does tree mallow mean?: Malva arborea, a mallow native to the British Isles and Mediterranean Europe and Africa.
Where does tree mallow come from?: Possibly a calque of Classical Greek δενδρομαλάχη (dendromalákhē) from δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”).

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