malva, ae, f. [mala/xh], 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.