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  1. Plant of the genus Althaea, family Malvaceae.
  2. Althaea rosea, originally a native of Asia,
  3. produces spikes of large white, yellow or red
  4. flowers, 3 m/10 ft high when grown as a
  5. biennial. The hollyhock was introduced into
  6. Britain four centuries ago.
  7.