HOLLYHOCK
Dictionary entry overview: What does hollyhock mean?
• HOLLYHOCK (noun)
The noun HOLLYHOCK has 2 senses:
1. any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
2. 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
Familiarity information: HOLLYHOCK used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOLLYHOCK (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
althaea; althea; hollyhock
Hypernyms ("hollyhock" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hollyhock"):
Althea officinalis; marsh mallow; white mallow (European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers)
Holonyms ("hollyhock" is a member of...):
genus Althaea (hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("hollyhock" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hollyhock"):
Alcea rosea; Althea rosea; rose mallow (plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock)
Holonyms ("hollyhock" is a member of...):
Alcea; genus Alcea (genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea)
