Look up: hollyhock

1. 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 ma...
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2. hollyhock
   [n] - any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea
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3. 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
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4. 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. ....
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5. Hollyhock
   • (n.) A species of Althaea (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.
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6. 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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7. hollyhock
   hollyhock: see mallow.
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8. Hollyhock
   Hollyhock is a biennial or perennial herb with tall, erect, leafy stems. It is native to central Europe and China. There are many varieties, with single and double flowers, characterized by the tints of yellow, red, purple, and dark purple approaching to black. It reaches a height of rwo meters or m...
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9. hollyhock
   Tall flowering plant belonging to the mallow family. A. rosea, originally a native of Asia, produces spikes of large white, yellow, pink, or red flowers, 3 m/10 ft high when cultivated as a biennial; it is a popular cottage garden plant. (Genus Althaea, family Malvaceae.)
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