Mal·low Mal·lows n.  Bot. A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous.
 Note: ☞ The flowers of the common mallow (Malva sylvestris) are used in medicine. The dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia) is a common weed, and its flattened, dick-shaped fruits are called cheeses by children.  Tree mallow (Malva Mauritiana and Lavatera arborea), musk mallow (Malva moschata), rose mallow or hollyhock, and curled mallow (Malva crispa), are less commonly seen.
 Indian mallow. See Abutilon.
 Jew's mallow, a plant (Corchorus olitorius) used as a pot herb by the Jews of Egypt and Syria.
 Marsh mallow. See under Marsh.

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 Mallows
    occurs only in Job 30:4 (R.V., "saltwort"). The word so rendered
    (malluah, from melah, "salt") most probably denotes the Atriplex
    halimus of Linnaeus, a species of sea purslane found on the
    shores of the Dead Sea, as also of the Mediterranean, and in
    salt marshes. It is a tall shrubby orach, growing to the height
    sometimes of 10 feet. Its buds and leaves, with those of other
    saline plants, are eaten by the poor in Palestine.