wax mallow vs mallow

wax mallow and mallow both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wax mallow	Yes	No	No	No
mallow	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mallow is a hypernym of wax mallow; that is, mallow is a word with a broader meaning than wax mallow:

wax mallow: any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
mallow: any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

wax mallow (noun)	mallow (noun)
any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers	any of various plants of the family Malvaceae