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Word entry · 9 letters

hollyhock

Best crossword clue

"Tall garden bloom"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɑlihɑk/Part of speech nounSorted chhkllooyStarts with HEnds with K1 clues
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Definitions

  1. A tall garden plant with large colorful flowers.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • No cottage in Coughton boasted taller hollyhocks, nor finer Michaelmas daisies in the autumn than Dame Magdalen’s almshouses; […]

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