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Mallow vs Mahoe - What's the difference?

mallow | mahoe |

As nouns the difference between mallow and mahoe

is that mallow is any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family malvaceae'', especially of the genus ''malva several species are edible by humans while mahoe is any of a number of different trees, usually found around the tropics.

mallow

English

(wikipedia mallow)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae'', especially of the genus ''Malva . Several species are edible by humans.

    • Derived terms

    * Indian mallow * Jew's mallow * marshmallow

    mahoe

    English

    (wikipedia mahoe)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of a number of different trees, usually found around the tropics.
  • # , a tree in the soapberry family, endemic to Hawaii.
  • # , a tree in the violet family, endemic to New Zealand.
  • # (blue mahoe), a tree in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean.