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Mauve vs Mallow - What's the difference?

mauve | mallow |

As nouns the difference between mauve and mallow

is that mauve is (historical) a bright purple synthetic dye while 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.

As an adjective mauve

is having a pale purple colour.

mauve

English

(wikipedia mauve)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
  • The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mauve")

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having a pale purple colour.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mauve")

    See also

    * ----

    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