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Word: Hollyhock
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
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 century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɒlɪhɒk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a tall Eurasian plant of the mallow family, with large showy flowers.
Short Definition:tall Eurasian plant of mallow family
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