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Althea   Listen
noun
Althea, Althaea  n.  (Bot.)
(a)
A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
(b)
An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.






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"Althea" Quotes from Famous Books



... Katie—the second waitress?" asked Miss Althea Beekman of Dawkins, her housekeeper, as she sat at her satinwood desk after breakfast. "I didn't see her either last night or ...
— By Advice of Counsel • Arthur Train

... heroes of the Argonautic expedition was Meleager, son of OEneus and Althea, king and queen of Calydon. Althea, when her son was born, beheld the three destinies, who, as they spun their fatal thread, foretold that the life of the child should last no longer than a brand then burning upon the hearth. Althea seized and quenched the brand, ...
— Bulfinch's Mythology • Thomas Bulfinch

... her to hurry, my car is waiting," instructed the voice, as the maid ushered the newcomer into the living-room. Grace glanced through the open door of the office into the next room. In Evelyn's escort she recognized Althea Parker, one of the most snobbish girls at Overton College, and a member of the sophomore class. Evelyn's declaration on her arrival at Overton that she intended to cultivate the richest girls in college now came back to ...
— Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus • Jessie Graham Flower



Words linked to "Althea" :   genus Althaea, mallow, althaea, Althea Gibson, hollyhock, Althea officinalis



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