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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hollyhock \Hol"ly*hock\, n. [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}.] (Bot.)
A species of Alth[ae]a ({A. rosea}), bearing flowers of
various colors; -- called also {rose mallow}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
hollyhock
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but
having smaller flowers than genus Alcea [syn: {althea},
{althaea}]
2: any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the
Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its
very large variously colored flowers