alcea : Idioms & Phrases


alcea rosea

  • noun plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock
    Althea rosea; rose mallow.
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genus alcea

  • noun genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea
    Alcea.
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