marsh mallow

English

Alternative forms

• marshmallow, marsh-mallow

Etymology

From marsh +‎ mallow.

Noun

marsh mallow (plural marsh mallows)

1. A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the plant).
2. Hibiscus moscheutos (crimsoneyed rosemallow, swamp rosemallow. eastern rosemallow)
3. Malva sylvestris (common mallow)

Translations

Althaea officinalis

• Afrikaans: malvalekker
• Albanian: mullanjë f
• Arabic: خِطْمِيّ m (ḵiṭmiyy)
• Armenian: տուղտ դեղատու (tuġt deġatu)
• Azerbaijani: əməkömənçi
• Bulgarian: лечебна ружа f (lečebna ruža)
• Catalan: malví m, altea f, malva blanca f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藥用蜀葵／药用蜀葵 (yàoyòng shǔkuí)

• Chuvash: шӑпӑр курӑкӗ (šăp̬ăr k̬urăk̬ĕ)
• Czech: proskurník lékařský m
• Danish: lægestokrose c
• Dutch: heemst (nl)
• Esperanto: alteo
• Finnish: rohtosalkoruusu (fi)
• French: guimauve (fr) f
• German: Eibisch (de) m
• Greek: αλθαία (el) f (althaía), νερομολόχα (el) f (neromolócha), δενδρομολόχα f (dendromolócha)

  Ancient: ἀλθαία f (althaía), ἰβίσκος m (ibískos)

• Hebrew: נטופית רפואית (netofit refuit)
• Hungarian: orvosi ziliz (hu)
• Ido: malvavisko (io)
• Irish: leamhachán m
• Italian: altea f
• Japanese: ビロードアオイ (birōdoaoi)
• Korean: 마시멜로 (masimello)
• Latin: malva f
• Macedonian: бел слез m (bel slez)
• Old English: merscmealwe, hoc
• Ottoman Turkish: خطمی (hatmi)
• Persian: خطمی (fa), ختمی (fa)
• Polish: prawoślaz lekarski (pl) m
• Portuguese: alteia (pt) f, malvavisco m, malvaísco (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਖਤਮੀ f (khatmī)
• Romanian: nalbă (ro)
• Russian: алте́й лека́рственный m (altéj lekárstvennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бели слез m, бијели сљез m

  Roman: beli slez m, bijeli sljez m

• Slovak: ibištek
• Spanish: malvavisco (es) m
• Swedish: läkemalva c
• Tagalog: halaman ng masmelow
• Tamil: மார்ஷ்மெல்லோ (mārṣmellō)
• Thai: มาร์ชแมลโลว์ (máach-mɛn-lôo)
• Turkish: hatmi (tr)
• Ukrainian: алтей (altej)
• Upper Sorbian: lěkarska popla f
• Vietnamese: kẹo dẻo
• Walloon: måvlete (wa) f
• Welsh: hocys y morfa f pl
• Yiddish: ברוסטטיי m or f (brusttey)