Hŏl'ly-hŏck, n.

noun

n. [A-S. holihōc; hōc, hook, hōcleáf, mallows, hollyhock; W. hocys, mallows, hocys ben-digaid, hollyhock.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Althæa (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors;—called also rose-mallow.