rose mallows

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

rose mallows

plural of rose mallow

Etymology 2[edit]

A corruption of the Malay-Javanese rasamalla, meaning "perfume garland".

Noun[edit]

rose mallows (uncountable)

Synonym of storax (“type of resin”)

References[edit]

(storax): Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “rose mallows”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

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