hibiscus
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1. any plant of the genus Hibiscus (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | mallow, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the family Malvaceae (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bimli, bimli hemp, bombay hemp, deccan hemp, hibiscus cannabinus, indian hemp, kanaf, kenaf, |
definition | : | valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | blue mahoe, cuban bast, hibiscus elatus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | hibiscus heterophyllus, sorrel tree, |
definition | : | Australian tree with acid foliage (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | common rose mallow, hibiscus moscheutos, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow, |
definition | : | showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | confederate rose, confederate rose mallow, cotton rose, hibiscus mutabilis, |
definition | : | Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | china rose, chinese hibiscus, hibiscus rosa-sinensis, rose of china, shoe black, shoeblack plant, |
definition | : | large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | hibiscus sabdariffa, jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | hibiscus syriacus, rose of sharon, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | black-eyed susan, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, hibiscus trionum, |
definition | : | annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | genus hibiscus, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
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