資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hollyhock \Hol"ly*hock\, n. [OE. holihoc; holi holy + hoc
   mallow, AS. hoc; cf. W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid
   hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because
   brought from the Holy Land. See {Holy}.] (Bot.)
   A species of Alth[ae]a ({A. rosea}), bearing flowers of
   various colors; -- called also {rose mallow}.