hollyhock

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Only its cousin the hollyhock, a native of China, can vie with the rose-mallow's decorative splendor among the shrubbery; and the Rose of China (_Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis_), cultivated in greenhouses here, eclipse it in the beauty of the individual blossom.

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  1. noun A tall plant (Alcea rosea) native to the Middle East and widely cultivated for its showy clusters of very large, variously colored flowers. Also called althea.

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  1. Middle English holihocke, marsh mallow : holi, holy; see holy + hoc, mallow (from Old English).

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  1. Formerly also hollihock; from Middle English holihoc, holihocce, holihoke, literally ‘holy hock’ or mallow: see holy and hock. It was so called, it is said, because brought from the Holy Land.
 

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/ˈhɑlɪhɑk/
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