rose mallows

English

Noun

rose mallows

plural of rose mallow

Etymology 2

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

Noun

rose mallows (uncountable)

Synonym of storax (“type of resin”)

References

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

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