1. plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock; [syn: rose mallow, Alcea rosea, Althea rosea]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Althea rosea
n 1: plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or
purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock [syn:
rose mallow, Alcea rosea, Althea rosea]