Associations to the word «Hollyhock»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

HOLLYHOCK, noun. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea.
HOLLYHOCK, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats