Etymology

malvaceous

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. Full definition →

Latin malva
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  1. Latin · derived frommalva“mallow”
  2. English todaymalvaceous

Malvaceae + -ous, from Latin malva (“mallow”).

Words from the same roots

Latinmalva all →

mauvemallowmalvin

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