hibiscus

[ hahy-bis-kuhs, hi- ]

/ haɪˈbɪs kəs, hɪ- /

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noun, plural hi·bis·cus·es.

Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers: the state flower of Hawaii.

any of numerous other plants, shrubs, or trees of the genus Hibiscus, characterized by lobate or dentate leaves and usually profusely blooming flowers.

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Origin of hibiscus

1700–10; <New Latin, Latin <Greek hibískos mallow

Words nearby hibiscus

Hibernicism, Hibernicize, Hiberno-, Hiberno-English, Hiberno-Saxon, hibiscus, Hib vaccine, hic, hiccup, hic et ubique, Hichens

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How to use hibiscus in a sentence

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Like so many of us here in California, most of the palms, jacaranda, and hibiscus were nonnative, and these SoCal icons also housed other immigrants like the green parrots squawking overhead.
Our Family’s 50-Mile Walk to Connect with Our New Home|awise|December 13, 2021|Outside Online
To accompany breakfast or lunch, there's hibiscus lavender tea or locally roasted Bumper Crop coffee.
Spaghetti for Breakfast?! Not So Crazy at This Idaho Farm Café|Jane & Michael Stern|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bulbs strung among branches in the overhead wild hibiscus tree form a radiant canopy.
A Magical Meal at Louie’s Backyard in the Conch Republic|Jane & Michael Stern|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Drink: Agua Fresca, especially Flor de Jamaica, hibiscus flower.
Nine Amazing Places To Skinny Dip Around The World|Erin Cunningham|September 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His left hand was slung to his chest by a piece of green hibiscus bark, which was passed round his neck and roughly tied.
The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers|Louis Becke
She used to stick hibiscus flowers in them red curtains and stand off and admire me by the hour.
Captain Scraggs|Peter B. Kyne
Hibiscus is very easy to raise, and should be planted among and along the edge of shrubbery.
A Woman's Hardy Garden|Helena Rutherfurd Ely
The plumed Hibiscus is found in florists catalogues described as double.
The Bbur-nma in English|Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
A quantity of hibiscus bark was also collected, to be used in the manufacture of cord for fishing-lines, nets, etcetera.
The Island Home|Richard Archer

British Dictionary definitions for hibiscus

hibiscus

/ (haɪˈbɪskəs) /

noun plural -cuses

any plant of the chiefly tropical and subtropical malvaceous genus Hibiscus, esp H. rosa-sinensis, cultivated for its large brightly coloured flowers

Word Origin for hibiscus

C18: from Latin, from Greek hibiskos marsh mallow

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