英语词汇“hollyhock”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hollyhock

/ˈhɒlɪhɒk

noun

A tall Eurasian plant of the mallow family, with large showy flowers.

Alcea rosea, family Malvaceae.

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....

They have grown everything from sunflowers, poppies and hollyhocks to corn, cotton, potatoes, coconuts and dandelions.
Is there a spray I can use that will not harm visiting hummingbirds - the reason I plant the hollyhocks?

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.

单词	hollyhock
释义	hollyhock /ˈhɒlɪhɒk / noun A tall Eurasian plant of the mallow family, with large showy flowers. Alcea rosea, family Malvaceae. 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.... They have grown everything from sunflowers, poppies and hollyhocks to corn, cotton, potatoes, coconuts and dandelions. Is there a spray I can use that will not harm visiting hummingbirds - the reason I plant the hollyhocks? 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.
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