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cheeseflower

noun

erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

• Syn: ↑tall mallow, ↑high mallow, ↑cheese, ↑Malva sylvestris

• Hypernyms: ↑mallow

• Member Holonyms: ↑Malva, ↑genus Malva

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

Etymology: so called from the shape of the fruit

: the common tall mallow (Malva sylvestris) adventive from Europe in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico

Useful english dictionary. 2012.