hollyhock

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

malvarosa

malvone

altea

sinonimi

althea

althaea

marsh mallow

white mallow

holly hock

Traduzioni

rose trémière

Stockrose

malva real

Stockmalve

malvarrosa

gülhatmi

malva loca

malva rósea

Malve

stokroos

Herbstrose

Rosenmalve

malva arbórea

malva-rosa

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈhɑlihɑk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: holihocke

Ereditato da inglese antico: hoc

In summary

From Middle English holihocke, holyhokke, holihoc, from holi (“holy”) + hocke, hokke, hoc (“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.
Apparently so called for being brought from the Holy Land; compare an old name for it in Medieval Latin cauli Sancti Cuthberti (“St. Cuthbert's cole”).