English Explanatory Dictionary

hollyhock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑlihɑk/ /ˈhɒlihɒk/ en-us-hollyhock.ogg

Word forms

hollyhock hollyhocks

Etymology

From Middle English holihocke, holyhokke, holihoc, from holi (“holy”) + hocke, hokke, hoc (“mallow”) (from Old English hoc (“marsh mallow”). The modern hollyhock was probably unknown in England until the 15th century, so usage before then no doubt referred to some other mallow. Apparently so called for being brought from the Holy Land; compare an old name for it in Medieval Latin cauli Sancti Cuthberti (“St. Cuthbert's cole”).

Derived words

Antwerp hollyhock Australian hollyhock bristly hollyhock common hollyhock Cretan-hollyhock hollyhocked Hollyhock leaf curl virus hollyhock-leaf pelargonium hollyhock mallow hollyhock-tree Hollyhock yellow vein alphasatellite Hollyhock yellow vein mosaic virus long-sepal wild hollyhock (Iliamna longisepala mountain hollyhock sea hollyhock streambank wild hollyhock wild hollyhock

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