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Alcea rosea
(redirected from Common Hollyhock)

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Noun1.Alcea rosea - plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowersAlcea rosea - plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock
Alcea, genus Alcea - genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea
hollyhock - 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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Our common hollyhock, much loved by cottage gardeners, can cure a sore throat on its own but, when added to Inula, Coltsfoot and Thyme, becomes a powerful cough syrup.
 
 
 
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