Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A common plant, Malva moschata. See mallow.
  • noun A plant of the old genus Abelmoschus, the abelmosk.

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Examples

  • It had smelled of other things as well: Galan’s sweat, horses, snow, mud, icy bog water, and the queenmother’s heavy perfume of muskmallow and lily.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • It had smelled of other things as well: Galan’s sweat, horses, snow, mud, icy bog water, and the queenmother’s heavy perfume of muskmallow and lily.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • It had smelled of other things as well: Galan’s sweat, horses, snow, mud, icy bog water, and the queenmother’s heavy perfume of muskmallow and lily.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

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