hollyhock

hollyhock
noun
  1. a tall Eurasian plant of the mallow family, with large showy flowers
    蜀葵
  2. Alcea rosea, family Malvaceae
    拉丁名Alcea rosea,锦葵科
语源
  1. Middle English: from holy + obsolete hock 'mallow', of unknown origin. It originally denoted the marsh mallow which has medicinal uses (hence, perhaps, the use of 'holy'); the current sense dates from the mid 16th cent
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