noun
althea
AL-thee-uh
noun
1
Any of several flowering plants related to the hollyhock and mallow.
"The garden border was lined with pink altheas."
How to Use Althea
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA flowering shrub in the mallow family, also used as a given name.
Word Forms
altheas plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin althaea, ultimately from Greek, related to a word for "healing" — reflecting the plant's traditional medicinal use.