English > hibiscus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any plant of the genus Hibiscus. |
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| Member of | genus Hibiscus | large genus of tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees often grown as ornamentals for their profusion of large flowers in a variety of colors |
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| Narrower | China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Rose of China, shoeblack plant, shoe black, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis | large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers |
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| Cuban bast, blue mahoe, mahoe, majagua, mahagua, Hibiscus elatus | Erect forest / forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers |
| cotton rose, Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis | Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night |
| flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, bladder ketmia, black-eyed Susan, Hibiscus trionum | Annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers |
| kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, Indian hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus | Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation |
| mahoe, majagua, mahagua, balibago, purau, Hibiscus tiliaceus | shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores |
| rose mallow, swamp mallow, common rose mallow, swamp rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos | showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers |
| rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus | Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves |
| roselle, rozelle, sorrel, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa | East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber |
| sorrel tree, Hibiscus heterophyllus | Australian tree with acid foliage |
| Broader | mallow | Any of various plants of the family Malvaceae |
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| Spanish | hibisco, hibiscus |
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| Catalan | hibisc, hibiscus |
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