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Jew's-mallow

Jew's'-măl'lōw, n.

noun

n. (Bot.) A plant; a species of Corchorus, cultivated as a pot-herb in Egypt and Syria, particularly by the Jews.

Jew's mallow

(Bot.), a plant, the Corchorus olitorius, used as a pot-herb by the Jews of Egypt and Syria.