hollyhock

[ hol-ee-hok, -hawk ]

/ ˈhɒl iˌhɒk, -ˌhɔk /

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noun

any of several plants belonging to the genus Alcea (or Althaea), of the mallow family, native to Eurasia, especially A. rosea, a tall plant having a long cluster of showy, variously colored flowers.

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Origin of hollyhock

1225–75; Middle English holihoc, equivalent to holiholy + hoc mallow, Old English hocc

Words nearby hollyhock

hollow sea, hollow tile, hollowware, holluschick, holly, hollyhock, holly oak, Hollywood, Hollywood bed, Hollywoodian, Hollywoodish

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How to use hollyhock in a sentence

So Buster darted away, calling out as he went that he would meet Jimmy at the hollyhock hedge on the next morning but one.
The Tale of Buster Bumblebee|Arthur Scott Bailey
"Some like strong lovers that can master them," said Hollyhock, lifting his head and standing very straight.
Sandman's Goodnight Stories|Abbie Phillips Walker
We have found them also infesting the roots of the hollyhock (Alcea rosea).
Insect Architecture|James Rennie
It would be as right and sensible to dwarf a Hollyhock into a podgy mass a foot high, or a Pentstemon, or a Foxglove.
Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll

Make the tea-table of the hollyhock's round cake of unripe seeds which most children call a cheese.
Mother Nature's Toy-Shop|Lina Beard

British Dictionary definitions for hollyhock

hollyhock

/ (ˈhɒlɪˌhɒk) /

noun

a tall widely cultivated malvaceous plant, Althaea rosea, with stout hairy stems and spikes of white, yellow, red, or purple flowersAlso called (US): rose mallow

Word Origin for hollyhock

C16: from holy + hock, from Old English hoc mallow

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