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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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
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