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Definition of Althea
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea.
Generic synonyms: Mallow
Group relationships: Genus Althaea
Specialized synonyms: Althea Officinalis, Marsh Mallow, White Mallow
Definition of Althea
1. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek female given name). ¹
2. Noun. Any of several plants of the genus ''Althaea''; the hollyhocks and mallows ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Althea
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Althea
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Althea
Literary usage of Althea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"X.—TO althea. FROM PRISON. THIS excellent sonnet, which possessed a high degree
of fame among the old cavaliers, was written by Colonel Richard Lovelace ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"To althea FROM PRISON WHEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,
And my divine althea brings To whisper at the grates ; When I lie tangled in ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1914)
"... To althea FROM PRISON. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates
... And my divine althea brings To whisper at the grates ; When I lie ..."
4. Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets by George Gilfillan (1860)
"Some of the songs of Lovelace, however, such as ' To althea, from Prison,' are
exquisitely simple, as well as pure. Sir Egerton Brydges has found out that ..."
5. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Thomas William Rolleston, Stopford A Brooke (1900)
"althea GYLES Miss althea GYLES may come to be one of the most important of the
little group of Irish poets who seek to express indirectly through myths and ..."
6. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain by Sir Bernard Burke (1863)
"althea, 5th dau. of John Hyde, Esq., and by hor (who d- а Juno, ... Frances-althea,
m. U of Caernarvon, and d Montgomery ; and Al Edward-Salisbury-R ..."
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