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hollyhock
[ hol-ee-hok, -hawk ]
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.
hollyhock
/ ˈhɒlɪˌhɒk /
noun
- a tall widely cultivated malvaceous plant, Althaea rosea, with stout hairy stems and spikes of white, yellow, red, or purple flowers Also called (US)rose mallow
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hollyhock1
1225–75; Middle English holihoc, equivalent to holi holy + hoc mallow, Old English hocc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hollyhock1
C16: from holy + hock, from Old English hoc mallow
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Example Sentences
So Buster darted away, calling out as he went that he would meet Jimmy at the hollyhock hedge on the next morning but one.
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"Some like strong lovers that can master them," said Hollyhock, lifting his head and standing very straight.
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We have found them also infesting the roots of the hollyhock (Alcea rosea).
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It would be as right and sensible to dwarf a Hollyhock into a podgy mass a foot high, or a Pentstemon, or a Foxglove.
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Make the tea-table of the hollyhock's round cake of unripe seeds which most children call a cheese.
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