Definition of hollyhock in English:
hollyhock
noun ˈhɒlɪhɒkˈhɑliˌhɑk
A tall Eurasian plant of the mallow family, with large showy flowers.
Alcea rosea, family Malvaceae
- Everyone liked the hollyhocks outside, however.
- Near the house, which bounds one side of the garden, she grows towering delphiniums and hollyhocks for their strong vertical interest.
- Her platters are decorated with basil and mint from the herb bed, her tables with hollyhocks and Shasta daisies from the garden.
- One hid in the hollyhocks in the garden; I saw her from the window.
- Old-fashioned annual hollyhocks have heart-shaped leaves and produce 6-to 8-foot-tall spikes of color in late April-June.
- I have grown hollyhocks for the first time. They have been superb, but none of my gardening books tells me what to do once they've finished flowering.
- Is there a spray I can use that will not harm visiting hummingbirds - the reason I plant the hollyhocks?
- Her diary also contains numerous references to the bulbs, geraniums, hollyhocks, and dahlias that she planted, tended, and appreciated.
- The hollyhocks are gone now, and the concrete is purpled by mulberries instead.
- Plants that may require staking to hold their blooms high include Canterbury bells, hollyhocks, and verbascums, with foxgloves and delphiniums in the upper garden zones.
- In the surrounding beds, hollyhocks soar and golden columbines provide bright splashes.
- Now the gardens here are full of corn and hollyhocks.
- They have grown everything from sunflowers, poppies and hollyhocks to corn, cotton, potatoes, coconuts and dandelions.
- Likewise, flowers that need to send up their stalks high into the sky, such as hollyhocks, will obviously fare better in a country garden than they will in a city window box.
- In the autumn, cut the hollyhocks to ground level and collect and destroy all fallen plant material.
Origin
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.
Definition of hollyhock in US English:
hollyhock
nounˈhɑliˌhɑkˈhälēˌhäk
A tall Eurasian plant of the mallow family, widely cultivated for its large showy flowers.
Alcea rosea, family Malvaceae
- One hid in the hollyhocks in the garden; I saw her from the window.
- Likewise, flowers that need to send up their stalks high into the sky, such as hollyhocks, will obviously fare better in a country garden than they will in a city window box.
- I have grown hollyhocks for the first time. They have been superb, but none of my gardening books tells me what to do once they've finished flowering.
- Her platters are decorated with basil and mint from the herb bed, her tables with hollyhocks and Shasta daisies from the garden.
- Plants that may require staking to hold their blooms high include Canterbury bells, hollyhocks, and verbascums, with foxgloves and delphiniums in the upper garden zones.
- Old-fashioned annual hollyhocks have heart-shaped leaves and produce 6-to 8-foot-tall spikes of color in late April-June.
- Near the house, which bounds one side of the garden, she grows towering delphiniums and hollyhocks for their strong vertical interest.
- The hollyhocks are gone now, and the concrete is purpled by mulberries instead.
- Is there a spray I can use that will not harm visiting hummingbirds - the reason I plant the hollyhocks?
- Now the gardens here are full of corn and hollyhocks.
- They have grown everything from sunflowers, poppies and hollyhocks to corn, cotton, potatoes, coconuts and dandelions.
- Her diary also contains numerous references to the bulbs, geraniums, hollyhocks, and dahlias that she planted, tended, and appreciated.
- Everyone liked the hollyhocks outside, however.
- In the surrounding beds, hollyhocks soar and golden columbines provide bright splashes.
- In the autumn, cut the hollyhocks to ground level and collect and destroy all fallen plant material.
Origin
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.