NOUN | plant | sleeping hibiscus, waxmallow, wax mallow | any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers |
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Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers. | |
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Synonyms | waxmallow, wax mallow | |
Member of | Malvaviscus, genus Malvaviscus | small genus of shrubs of Central and South America |
Broader | mallow | Any of various plants of the family Malvaceae |
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