Definition of Alcea rosea

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcea Rosea

Albright knots
Albuginaceae
Albula
Albula vulpes
Albulidae
Albuquerque
Alby
Albyn
Alca
Alca torda
Alcaeus
Alcaic
Alcaic verse
Alcatraz
Alcea
Alcea rosea (current term)
Alcedinidae
Alcedo atthis
Alcelaphus
Alces
Alces alces
Alcibiades
Alcidae
Alcides
Alcman
Alcmene
Alcock's canal
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoran
Alcoranic

Literary usage of Alcea rosea

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

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1848)
"If the two layers of water are coloured with tincture of the flower of Alcea rosea, the negative »¡rf dipped into the solution of sulphate of potash, ..."

2. Works of the Cavendish Society by Cavendish Society, London (1848)
"If the two layers of water are coloured with tincture of the flower of Alcea rosea, the negative wire dipped into the solution of sulphate of potash, ..."

3. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"ALCEA. rosea. Leaves cordate; lobes and angles 5 and 7. Obs. 6042. In a garden.—L. sp. 966. Krock. n. 1127. Л- KU 446. ..."

4. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology, and by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"... parts of the plant, abounds in mucilage, and in medicine is often used a» an emollient to promote suppuration. Sept. j. 2. A. ROSEA. Cav. (Alcea rosea. ..."

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