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• althea
  althea

  noun

  the rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus.
• Althea
  Althea

  noun

  a first name: from a Greek word meaning “wholesome.”

althea

¹ American  

[al-thee-uh] / ælˈθi ə /

Or althaea

noun

1. the rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus.

2. any plant belonging to the genus Althaea, of the mallow family, having lobed leaves and showy flowers in a spikelike cluster, including the hollyhocks and marsh mallows.

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Althea ² American  

[al-thee-uh] / ælˈθi ə /

noun

1. a first name: from a Greek word meaning “wholesome.”

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Etymology

Origin of althea

1660–70; < New Latin, Latin althaea < Greek althaíā marsh mallow

Example Sentences

The isolated burial grounds, approached by avenues of cedars, and shaded with willows and live oaks and linden, were planted with white flowers�Cape jasmines, bridal wreath, white japonica, sweet alyssum and white althea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now you want a filling of sweet marjoram and althea, so that the marguerites may have a background....

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

There were lilacs, dark with buds, and what Anne, who was devotedly curious in matters of growing life, thought althea, snowball and a small-leaved yellow rose.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice

Around the roses she placed, instead of the green setting of sweet marjoram and althea, another of white and blue violets, and next a row of geraniums of all colors, combining them exquisitely.

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

Take a handful of dog's mercury and althea roots; half a handful of flos brochae ursini; six ounces of linseed and barley meal.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle