malva

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

malva, ae, f. [μαλάχη],

mallows : in magnis laudibus malva est utraque, et sativa, et silvestris. Duo genera earum amplitudine folii discernuntur: majorem Graeci malopen vocant in sativis. Alteram ab emoliendo ventre dictam putant malachen, etc., Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 222; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2; Mart. 10, 48, 7.

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