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hollyhock

/hol-ee-hok, -hawk/US // ˈhɒl iˌhɒk, -ˌhɔk //UK // (ˈhɒlɪˌhɒk) //

冬青树,冬青,冬青花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several plants belonging to the genus Alcea, of the mallow family, native to Eurasia, especially A. rosea, a tall plant having a long cluster of showy, variously colored flowers.

Examples

  • So Buster darted away, calling out as he went that he would meet Jimmy at the hollyhock hedge on the next morning but one.

  • "Some like strong lovers that can master them," said Hollyhock, lifting his head and standing very straight.

  • We have found them also infesting the roots of the hollyhock (Alcea rosea).

  • It would be as right and sensible to dwarf a Hollyhock into a podgy mass a foot high, or a Pentstemon, or a Foxglove.

  • Make the tea-table of the hollyhock's round cake of unripe seeds which most children call a cheese.