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Definition of Althea rosea
1. Noun. Plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock.
Group relationships: Alcea, Genus Alcea
Generic synonyms: Hollyhock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Althea Rosea
Literary usage of Althea rosea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"I fed them first on a species of Abutilon, but as they did not take to that
readily, though eating it a little, I changed to althea rosea. ..."
2. Landscape Gardening as Applied to Home Decoration by Samuel T[aylor] Maynard (1899)
"HOLLYHOCK (althea rosea), Fig. 126.—Some of the most beautiful results are sometimes
... HOLLYHOCK (althea rosea). flower with a suitable background, ..."
3. Encyclopédie Universelle Des Industries Tinctoriales Et Des Industries edited by Jules Garçon (1906)
"Pétales de l'althea rosea ou rosé trémière... Baie de sureau... on en relève le
ton... avec de l'alun (teinte de Fismes). ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... as in the calyx of althea rosea (fig. 191). When the parts of a single whorl
are placed in a circle, each of them exhibiting a torsion of its axis, ..."
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