rose mallows
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]A corruption of the Malay-Javanese rasamalla, meaning "perfume garland".
Noun
[edit]- Synonym of storax (“type of resin”)
References
[edit]- (storax): Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “rose mallows”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].