Marshmallow

The German name Eibisch (Middle High German ībesch (e) , Old High German ībisca ) was borrowed from Latin (h) ibīscum , which in turn comes from Celtic. The further origin is unclear, in the other Indo-European language groups - i.e. outside of Celtic, Latin-Romanic and Germanic - this plant name is not represented.

Marshmallow stands for:

• the plant genus and species of the genus Althaea , see Eibisch (genus)
  • especially the plant species Althaea officinalis , see Eibisch
• the plant genus and species of the genus Hibiskus (bush hibiscus ), see Hibiskus
• the plant genus and species of the genus Abelmoschus (Muskrat), see Abelmoschus
  • especially the vegetable marshmallow ( Abelmoschus esculentus )
• as a synonym for the common hollyhock ( Alcea rosea )

Marshmallow is also the family name of:

• Eugeniusz Eibisch (1896–1987), Polish painter and university professor. The Franciszka Eibisch Foundation is named after his wife Francizska .
• Sascha Eibisch (* 1978), German musician, actor, author, producer and artist manager

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.