wild hollyhock

1. 1.

   perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated

   SynonymscheckerbloomSidalcea malviflora

   Broadermallow

   Part ofSidalcea
2. 2.

   a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea

   SynonymsIliamna remotaSphaeralcea remota

   Broadermallow

   Part ofIliamna

Questions about wild hollyhock

What does wild hollyhock mean?

wild hollyhock means "perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wild hollyhock?

Close synonyms include checkerbloom, Sidalcea malviflora, Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wild hollyhock a common word?

wild hollyhock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.