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hibiscus

[ hahy-bis-kuhs, hi- ]

noun

, plural hi·bis·cus·es.
  1. Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers: the state flower of Hawaii.
  2. any of numerous other plants, shrubs, or trees of the genus Hibiscus, characterized by lobate or dentate leaves and usually profusely blooming flowers.


hibiscus

/ haɪˈbɪskəs /

noun

  1. any plant of the chiefly tropical and subtropical malvaceous genus Hibiscus, esp H. rosa-sinensis, cultivated for its large brightly coloured flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hibiscus1

1700–10; < New Latin, Latin < Greek hibískos mallow
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hibiscus1

C18: from Latin, from Greek hibiskos marsh mallow
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Example Sentences

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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.

To accompany breakfast or lunch, there's hibiscus lavender tea or locally roasted Bumper Crop coffee.

Bulbs strung among branches in the overhead wild hibiscus tree form a radiant canopy.

Drink: Agua Fresca, especially Flor de Jamaica, hibiscus flower.

His left hand was slung to his chest by a piece of green hibiscus bark, which was passed round his neck and roughly tied.

She used to stick hibiscus flowers in them red curtains and stand off and admire me by the hour.

Hibiscus is very easy to raise, and should be planted among and along the edge of shrubbery.

The plumed Hibiscus is found in florists catalogues described as double.

A quantity of hibiscus bark was also collected, to be used in the manufacture of cord for fishing-lines, nets, etcetera.

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