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MOUNTAIN HOLLYHOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain hollyhock mean? 

MOUNTAIN HOLLYHOCK (noun)
  The noun MOUNTAIN HOLLYHOCK has 1 sense:

1. perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowersplay

  Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN HOLLYHOCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOUNTAIN HOLLYHOCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Iliamna acerifolia; Iliamna ruvularis; mountain hollyhock

Hypernyms ("mountain hollyhock" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Holonyms ("mountain hollyhock" is a member of...):

genus Iliamna; Iliamna (small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera)


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