noun
definition
Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.
Examples of hollyhocks in a Sentence
Hollyhocks may be propagated by single eyes, put in in July and August, and also by cuttings put in in spring, on a slight hot-bed.
Hollyhocks remained by the roadside while lilacs stood guard by the door, relics reminiscent of some long-abandoned household, now solely tended by nature.
Cottage bee-keepers would do well to grow a few Hollyhocks, for bees are fond of their flowers.
Typically, peonies, iris, hollyhocks, pinks and foxglove are used in a cottage garden, alongside old favorites such as geraniums, petunias, marigolds, impatiens and begonias.