hollyhock

English

Etymology

From Middle English holihoc, from holi (“holy”) + hoc/hocke/hokke (“mallow”) (from Old English hoc (“marsh mallow”). The modern hollyhock was probably unknown in England until the 15th century, so usage before then no doubt referred to some other mallow.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hollyhock (plural hollyhocks)

1. Any of several flowering plants of the genus in the Malvaceae family.

Derived terms

• hollyhock mallow ()

Translations

plant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蜀葵 (zh) (shǔkuí)

• Czech: topolovka f
• Finnish: salkoruusu (fi)
• French: rose trémière (fr) f
• German: Stockrose f, Herbstrose f, Rosenmalve f
• Italian: malvarosa f, malvone m
• Japanese: 葵 (ja) (あおい, aoi)
• Korean: 접시꽃 (cheopshiggot)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھێرۆ (ckb) (hêro)

  Laki: ھێروو (hêrû)

  Northern Kurdish: hêro (ku) m

  Southern Kurdish: ھێروو (hêrû)

• Norman: rose en bâton f
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stokkrose (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: stokkrose f

• Portuguese: malva-rosa (pt) f
• Romanian: nalbă (ro), nalbă-de-grădină f
• Russian: ма́льва (ru) f (málʹva)
• Spanish: malva real, malva arbórea, malva rósea, malva loca, malvarrosa
• Swedish: stockros (sv) c