Hollyhock

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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&aelig;a (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.

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