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Why is it spelled marshmallows?

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A marshmallow is called a marshmallow because it is a marshmallow.

It is called a marshmallow because one of the earliest recipes called for use of the sap of the root of the marshmallow plant.

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It comes from the plant marshmallows came from, originally called "merscmealwe" in Old English.

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