hibiscus : Idioms & Phrases

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bush hibiscus

  • noun southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
    bush hibiscus; Radyera farragei.
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chinese hibiscus

  • noun large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
    shoeblack plant; Chinese hibiscus; China rose; shoe black; Rose of China.
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genus hibiscus

  • noun 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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hibiscus cannabinus

  • noun valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
    kanaf; bimli; deccan hemp; Bombay hemp; Indian hemp; kenaf; bimli hemp.
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hibiscus elatus

  • noun erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
    mahoe; majagua; mahagua; blue mahoe; Cuban bast.
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hibiscus esculentus

  • noun tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
    okra; Abelmoschus esculentus; lady's-finger; okra plant; gumbo.
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hibiscus farragei

  • noun southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
    bush hibiscus; Radyera farragei.
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hibiscus heterophyllus

  • noun Australian tree with acid foliage
    sorrel tree.
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hibiscus moschatus

  • noun bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
    musk mallow; abelmosk; Abelmoschus moschatus.
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hibiscus moscheutos

  • noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
    common rose mallow; swamp rose mallow; rose mallow; swamp mallow.
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hibiscus mutabilis

  • noun Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
    cotton rose; Confederate rose mallow; Confederate rose.
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hibiscus rosa-sinensis

  • noun large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
    shoeblack plant; Chinese hibiscus; China rose; shoe black; Rose of China.
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hibiscus sabdariffa

  • noun 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; roselle; red sorrel; rozelle; Jamaica sorrel.
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hibiscus syriacus

  • noun Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe
    rose of Sharon.
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hibiscus tiliaceus

  • noun shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament
    mahoe; majagua; balibago; mahagua; purau.
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hibiscus trionum

  • noun annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
    bladder ketmia; flowers-of-an-hour; black-eyed Susan; flower-of-an-hour.
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sleeping hibiscus

  • noun any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
    waxmallow; wax mallow.
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