any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers
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a tall widely cultivated malvaceous plant, Althaea rosea, with stout hairy stems and spikes of white, yellow, red, or purple flowers 蜀葵; 高耸的被广泛种植的锦葵属植物，长有粗壮的多毛茎和有白、黄、红或紫花的尖状物 (Also called (US) rose mallow)
All this will delight Mr (Guy) Cooper and Mr Taylor and confirm them in their belief that the British are at last bracing themselves to be weaned from the comfortable certainties of the hollyhock, the delphinium and the pink.