The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MALLOW
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What does MALLOW mean?
MALLOW noun- Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.