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waxmallow

waxmallow

9.9
A small plant with bright, bell-shaped hanging flowers like unopened hibiscus blooms
  • noun
  • Specialized
: malvavisco
  • The garden was filled with waxmallow, their vibrant red flowers attracting hummingbirds.

Examples

  • We planted a waxmallow beside the walkway to add some color to the entrance.

  • Botanists studied the unique shape of the waxmallow to compare it to hibiscus.

  • The waxmallow blooms beautifully in the garden.

  • Look at that lovely waxmallow in the park!

  • The garden was filled with waxmallow, their vibrant red flowers attracting hummingbirds.

  • We planted a waxmallow beside the walkway to add some color to the entrance.

  • Look at that lovely waxmallow in the park!

Synonyms

Malvaviscus
vswaxmallow
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A group of small shrubs with bright red flowers like hibiscus from Central and South America

is the everyday name for those genus plants focusing on flower look
sleeping hibiscus
vswaxmallow
  • US
8.7

A small plant with hanging, bell-shaped flowers that stay partly closed

is the common name used more generally for those same plants
wax mallow
vswaxmallow
9.8

A tropical plant with bright, bell-shaped flowers like a hibiscus

describes similar plants whose flowers appear unopened rather than partly open

Surface Forms

waxmallow singular
waxmallows plural

Morphology

waxmallow = wax + mallow (transparent) = wax + mallow

The name is a straightforward compound 'wax' + 'mallow' referring to a mallow-like plant with waxy appearance, so its meaning is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Waxmallow is formed from wax and mallow: wax points to the shiny, 'waxy' look of its petals, and mallow names the flower family, the same 'mallow' in marshmallow. So, the name helps you remember it is a mallow plant with wax-like, bell-shaped flowers like a small hibiscus.