Look up: hollyhock

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   Hollyhock
   (Alcea) This group consists of about sixty, tall, herbaceous plants commonly known as Hollyhock. These beautiful plants range in height from 6 to 10 feet. Their large, rough leaves have five to seven lobes. In the summer and early fall, long, upright spikes of large, single or double flowers that may be white, pink, rose, red, crimson, purple, yellow, or peach are produced. The flowers open individually from the bottom up. Hollyhocks are biennial, but they self-seed readily making them seem like...
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   Hollyhock
   Hollyhock is a biennial or perennial herb with tall, erect, leafy stems. It is native to central Europe and China. It is an important plant in medicine providing a dark pigment which is also used in cooking.
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   hollyhock
   [n] - any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea
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   Hollyhock
   Hol'ly·hock noun [ Middle English holihoc ; holi holy + hoc mallow, Anglo-Saxon hoc ; confer W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy .] (Botany) A species of Althæa ( A. rosea ), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow .
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   hollyhock
   <botany> A species of Althaea (A. Rosea), bearing flowers of various colours. ... Synonym: rose mallow. ... Origin: OE. Holihoc; holi holy + hoc mallow, AS. Hoc; cf. W. Hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit, blessed mallow. Prob. So named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   Hollyhock
   • (n.) A species of Althaea (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.
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   hollyhock
   (Althaea rosea), herbaceous plant of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), native to China but widely cultivated for its handsome flowers. The ...
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   hollyhock
   hollyhock: see mallow.
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