Hollyhock

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tall plant (Alcea rosea) native to the Middle East and widely cultivated for its showy clusters of very large, variously colored flowers. Also called althea.
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  • n. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A species of Althæa (Althæa rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant, Althea rosea, of the natural order Malvaceæ.
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  • n. 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
  • n. any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
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    rose mallow   
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