(n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
(n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.
Example Sentences:
(1) We strongly feel that the decision to block Althea Efunshile’s appointment to the Channel 4 board undermines the government’s warm words on boardroom diversity,” the signatories say.
(2) Later, as a teenager, she read Althea Gibson 's book, I Always Wanted to be Somebody.
(3) It really frustrates me when he bashes other candidates – and they’re really cheap personal shots,” said Althea Cole, 31 and from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a county chairwoman for the campaign of the neurosurgeon Ben Carson .
(4) We call on you to explain why the four successful candidates appointed to the board met the criteria set out by Ofcom, and why Althea fell short of meeting the criteria.
(5) A dozen of the most respected female figures in the arts and creative industries, including Bonnie Greer, the former culture secretary Tessa Jowell, Valerie Amos and Gail Rebuck, the chair of the book publisher Penguin Random House UK, have called on the government to explain its decision to block the appointment of Althea Efunshile to the board of Channel 4.
(6) This paper deals with phytopharmacological evaluation of the therapeutic potential of the plants found in the Neanderthal grave of a Shanidar IV individual (Iraq), where the palynological analysis of some other authors discovered the following flowers: Achillea-type, Centaurea solstitialis, Senecio-type, Muscari-type, Ephedra altissima, Althea-type.
(7) The Guardian view on Channel 4: it needs a diverse board | Editorial Read more “We are united in our belief that Althea was an outstanding candidate and would have been a tremendous addition to the Channel 4 board,” the letter says.
Hollyhock
Definition:
(n.) A species of Althaea (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.
Example Sentences:
(1) In my part of the world, it is sleeting but a hollyhock is budded, poised to flower, as if it were July.