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hol·ly·hock

(hŏl′ē-hŏk′)

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

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

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hollyhock

(ˈhɒlɪˌhɒk)

(Plants) a tall widely cultivated malvaceous plant, Althaea rosea, with stout hairy stems and spikes of white, yellow, red, or purple flowers. Also called (US): rose mallow

[C16: from holy + hock, from Old English hoc mallow]

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hol•ly•hock

(ˈhɒl iˌhɒk, -ˌhɔk)

n.

a tall cultivated Asian plant, Alcea rosea, of the mallow family, having a long cluster of showy, variously colored flowers.

[1225–75; Middle English holihoc=holi holy + hoc mallow, Old English hocc]

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Noun	1.	hollyhock - any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea althaea, althea mallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceae genus Althaea - hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea Althea officinalis, marsh mallow, white mallow - European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers
	2.	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 mallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceae Alcea, genus Alcea - genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea Alcea rosea, Althea rosea, rose mallow - plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock

Translations

malvarosa

hollyhock

[ˈhɒlɪhɒk] N → malva f loca

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hollyhock

[ˈhɒlihɒk] n → rose f trémière

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hollyhock

n → Malve f

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hollyhock

[ˈhɒlɪˌhɒk] n → malvone m

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"Isn't this tin hollyhock going to seed?" asked the Wizard, bending over the flowers.

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Rebecca reflected a long moment and then asked, "Is a hollyhock neuter?"

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"What would you say," he asked me, "if you wanted them to turn you into a hollyhock?" He thinks the ease with which they can turn you into things is their most engaging quality.

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It was the arm of a Saxon goddess; but no immortal had that exquisite, homely naturalness; and Philip thought of a cottage garden with the dear flowers which bloom in all men's hearts, of the hollyhock and the red and white rose which is called York and Lancaster, and of love--in-a-mist and Sweet William, and honeysuckle, larkspur, and London Pride.

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From observations which I have made on certain varieties of hollyhock, I am inclined to suspect that they present analogous facts.

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The modest sunflower and hollyhock were depicted as flourishing with great luxuriance on this rustic dwelling, while a quantity of dense smoke issuing from the chimney indicated good cheer within, and also, perhaps, that it had not been lately swept.

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Luckily I had sown two great patches of sweetpeas which made me very happy all the summer, and then there were some sunflowers and a few hollyhocks under the south windows, with Madonna lilies in between.

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And one fine day, when the hollyhocks were in full bloom, he came back to Puddleby a rich man, to live in the little house with the big garden.

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Each of these pretty homes had a garden in front fenced with white palings and opulently stocked with hollyhocks, marigolds, touch-me-nots, prince's-feathers, and other old-fashioned flowers; while on the windowsills of the houses stood wooden boxes containing moss rose plants and terra-cotta pots in which grew a breed of geranium whose spread of intensely red blossoms accented the prevailing pink tint of the rose-clad house-front like an explosion of flame.

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In October and the beginning of November come services; medlars; bullaces; roses cut or removed to come late; hollyhocks; and such like.

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I want to see your hollyhocks. Everyone is talking about them."

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Its garden, too, glowed with flowers: hollyhocks had sprung up tall as trees, lilies had opened, tulips and roses were in bloom; the borders of the little beds were gay with pink thrift and crimson double daisies; the sweetbriars gave out, morning and evening, their scent of spice and apples; and these fragrant treasures were all useless for most of the inmates of Lowood, except to furnish now and then a handful of herbs and blossoms to put in a coffin.