WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wild hollyhock n 1: perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated [syn: checkerbloom, wild hollyhock, Sidalcea malviflora] 2: a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea [syn: wild hollyhock, Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota]