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hollyhock
has definitions from the field of botany
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[ noun ] (botany) any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Alley fences were made of solid boards higher than one 's head , but not so high as the golden_glow in a corner or the hollyhocks that grew in a line against them . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (botany) 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
Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Other flowers we might gather as we pleased : myrtle and white_violets from beneath the lilacs ; the lilacs themselves , that bloomed so prodigally but for_the_most_part beyond our reach ; snowballs ; hollyhock blossoms that , turned upside_down , make pink petticoated ladies ; and the little , dark_blue larkspur that scattered its seed everywhere . Related terms |
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