Definition of Althea rosea

1. Noun. Plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock.

Exact synonyms: Alcea Rosea, Rose Mallow
Group relationships: Alcea, Genus Alcea
Generic synonyms: Hollyhock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Althea Rosea

Altai Krai
Altai Republic
Altaian
Altaic
Altaic language
Altair
Altay
Alternanthera
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Alternativism
Alteromonas putrefaciens
Altham
Althea
Althea Gibson
Althea officinalis
Althea rosea
Althing
Althusserian
Altmanesque
Altmann's anilin-acid fuchsin stain
Altmann's fixative
Altmann's granule
Altmann's theory
Altmann-Gersh method
Alton
Alton Glenn Miller
Altoona
Alts
Altus
Alu

Literary usage of Althea rosea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"I fed them first on a species of Abutilon, but as they did not take to that readily, though eating it a little, I changed to althea rosea. ..."

2. Landscape Gardening as Applied to Home Decoration by Samuel T[aylor] Maynard (1899)
"HOLLYHOCK (althea rosea), Fig. 126.—Some of the most beautiful results are sometimes ... HOLLYHOCK (althea rosea). flower with a suitable background, ..."

3. Encyclopédie Universelle Des Industries Tinctoriales Et Des Industries edited by Jules Garçon (1906)
"Pétales de l'althea rosea ou rosé trémière... Baie de sureau... on en relève le ton... avec de l'alun (teinte de Fismes). ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... as in the calyx of althea rosea (fig. 191). When the parts of a single whorl are placed in a circle, each of them exhibiting a torsion of its axis, ..."

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