MARSHMALLOW

noun Date: before 12th century a pink-flowered European perennial herb ( Althaea officinalis ) of the mallow family that is naturalized in the eastern United States and has flowers, leaves, and roots used in herbal remedies, a sweet white confection usually in the form of a spread or small spongy cylindrical pieces now usually made from corn syrup, sugar, albumen, and gelatin but formerly from the ~'s root, ~y adjective