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/ˈhɑlihɑk/ · noun
Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family..
No cottage in Coughton boasted taller hollyhocks, nor finer Michaelmas daisies in the autumn than Dame Magdalen’s almshouses; […]
Use hollyhock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hollyhock means Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family..
Common synonyms include althaea, althea.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
No cottage in Coughton boasted taller hollyhocks, nor finer Michaelmas daisies in the autumn than Dame Magdalen’s almshouses; […]
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