| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| althea |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·the·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: | l-th   |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also al·thae·a |
| NOUN: | 1. See rose of Sharon (sense 1). 2. See hollyhock. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin, mallows, from Greek althaia, from althainein, to heal. See al-2 in Appendix I.
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