wild hollyhock

/waɪld ˌhɑliˈhɑk/
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Other forms: wild hollyhocks

Definitions of wild hollyhock
  1. noun
    perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated
    synonyms: Sidalcea malviflora, checkerbloom
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    type of:
    mallow
    any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
  2. noun
    a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
    synonyms: Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota
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    type of:
    mallow
    any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
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