(n) 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

mountain hollyhock

(n) perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers, Syn. Iliamna acerifolia, Iliamna ruvularis

wild hollyhock

(n) a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea, Syn. Sphaeralcea remota, Iliamna remota

althea

(n) any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea, Syn. althaea, hollyhock

checkerbloom

(n) perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated, Syn. Sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hollyhock

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 Althæa (Althæa rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow. Rose mallow is listed as a variety of Hibiscus, not Hollyhock in several Web pages. Name change??? [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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蜀葵

[蜀葵, shǔ kuí] hollyhock #146563

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葵

[あおい(P);アオイ, aoi (P); aoi] (n) (1) (uk) (See 銭葵, 冬葵) mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); (2) (See 二葉葵) Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); (3) (hollyhocks (genus Alcea) are part of the mallow family) (See 立葵) hollyhock; (P) #4978

ホリホック

[horihokku] (n) hollyhock

葵祭

[あおいまつり, aoimatsuri] (n) hollyhock festival

花葵

[はなあおい, hanaaoi] (n) hollyhock

戎葵

[じゅうき, juuki] (n) (arch) hollyhock

立葵;立ち葵

[たちあおい;タチアオイ, tachiaoi ; tachiaoi] (n) (uk) hollyhock (Alcea rosea)

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Malve { f } [ bot. ]