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hollyhock

n. 蜀葵

中文词源

hollyhock 蜀葵

来自中古英语holy,神圣的，hock,葵属植物，词源不详。可能因这种植物的药用价值而得名。

hollyhock: hollyhock: see holy
hollyhock (n.): mid-13c., holihoc, from holi "holy" (see holy) + hokke "mallow," from Old English hocc, of unknown origin. Another early name for the plant was caulis Sancti Cuthberti "St. Cuthbert's cole."