The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

mallow family \mallow family\ n. (Bot.)
   The natural family Malvaceae, a dilleniid dicot family
   consisting of herbs and shrubs and some trees, and including
   the mallows, cotton, and okra.
   [WordNet 1.5]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Malvaceae \Malvaceae\ prop. n.
   A natural family of herbs and shrubs and some trees,
   including the mallows, cotton, and okra; the mallow family.

   Syn: family Malvaceae, mallow family.
        [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mallow family
    n 1: herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra
         [syn: Malvaceae, family Malvaceae, mallow family]