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hollyhock
[hollyhock 词源字典]
hollyhock:
see
holy
[hollyhock etymology, hollyhock origin, 英语词源]
hollyhock (n.)
mid-13c.,
holihoc
, from
holi
"holy" (see
holy
) +
hokke
"mallow," from Old English
hocc
, of unknown origin. Another early name for the plant was
caulis Sancti Cuthberti
"St. Cuthbert's cole."