Hollyhock

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hollyhock •ad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, cock, crock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok •manioc • Antioch • sjambok •gemsbok • rhebok • steenbok •springbok • grysbok • Lombok •Zadok • Languedoc •burdock, Murdoch •hollyhock • forehock • spatchcock •blackcock • Hancock • petcock •haycock • gamecock •Leacock, peacock, seacock •Hickok • Hitchcock • poppycock •stopcock • gorcock •Alcock, ballcock •monocoque • woodcock • shuttlecock •moorcock • weathercock

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
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hol·ly·hock / ˈhälēˌhäk/ • n. a tall Eurasian plant (Alcea rosea) of the mallow family, widely cultivated for its large showy flowers.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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hollyhock †marsh mallow XIII; Althaea rosea XVI. f. HOLY + hock, OE. hoc mallow, with ref. to some sacred assoc.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
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hollyhock See ALTHAEA and MALVACEAE.

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences MICHAEL ALLABY