wild hollyhock
- noun
:
malva silvestre
- Gardeners appreciate wild hollyhock for its resilience and vibrant purple blooms.
Examples
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The wild hollyhock blooms in the summer.
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There are clusters of wild hollyhock growing along the hillside trail.
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On our trip to Utah, we spotted several wild hollyhock plants in full flower.
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I saw a wild hollyhock growing by the trail.
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Gardeners appreciate wild hollyhock for its resilience and vibrant purple blooms.
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On our trip to Utah, we spotted several wild hollyhock plants in full flower.
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There are clusters of wild hollyhock growing along the hillside trail.
Synonyms
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A tall garden plant with large, colorful flowers
A tall garden plant with showy white, pink or purple flowers called hollyhock
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'wild' (growing naturally) modifies 'hollyhock' (a garden plant), so the meaning is a hollyhock growing in the wild. This compositional structure is common across languages and follows standard English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Wild hollyhock paints a clear picture: a tall stem with big, round flowers popping up wild along roads and hills. The part hollyhock points to those showy flowers, so wild hollyhock means 'a hollyhock that grows naturally outside gardens'.