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glade mallow

glade mallow

9.9
A tall wild plant with palm-shaped leaves and small white flowers growing near rivers in eastern and central United States
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : malva de claro
  • The glade mallow thrives in moist areas along riverbanks and streams.

Examples

  • The glade mallow thrives in wet, alluvial soils.

  • The distinctive palmate leaves help you identify the glade mallow among other wildflowers.

  • Botanists discovered a rare glade mallow specimen in the forest reserve.

  • Look at that glade mallow!

  • The glade mallow thrives in moist areas along riverbanks and streams.

  • The distinctive palmate leaves help you identify the glade mallow among other wildflowers.

  • Botanists discovered a rare glade mallow specimen in the forest reserve.

Synonyms

Napaea dioica
vsglade mallow
  • Specialized
9.9

A tall wild plant with large hand-shaped leaves and small white male or female flowers

is the common everyday name rather than the formal species name
Napaea
vsglade mallow
  • Specialized
9.9

A rare flowering plant called glade mallow

is the everyday name for the individual plant not the genus term

Surface Forms

glade mallow singular
glade mallows plural

Morphology

glade + mallow

The noun is compositionally transparent: 'glade' (a clearing in a forest) + 'mallow' (a flowering plant) yields a plant associated with or growing in glades — essentially 'a mallow that grows in glades'. This type of noun compounding for plant names is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the basic meaning.

Etymology

Glade mallow comes from two simple words: glade (an 'open area in a forest') and mallow (a 'kind of flower'). The name gives a clear picture of a tall mallow growing in a forest glade near streams, so it now means the herb that grows in moist, open spots.