ˈhälēˌhäk, -liˌ-, -ˌhȯk noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English holihoc, from holi, holy holy + hoc hock (mallow)
1. : a tall perennial Chinese herb ( Althaea rosea ) cultivated in gardens as a biennial with large coarse rounded leaves and showy flowers in a large terminal spike
2. : a deep purplish red that is bluer and deeper than Harvard crimson (sense 2) or American beauty and redder and duller than magenta (sense 2a)
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