Althea
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Althea is an English female personal name, originally a variation of the Greek name Althaea.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: healer, wholesome
- Pronunciation: stress on the first syllable (British) or second syllable (American) as a personal name
According to The Oxford English Dictionary: "Bot. [L. althaea, a marsh mallow, f. [the Greek] to heal.] A genus of the plants of which the Marsh Mallow and Hollyhock are species; by florists often extended to the genus Hibiscus."
