hibiscus
Noun
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Any plant of the genus Hibiscus (synset 112198361)
is a type of: mallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceaesubtypes:
- bimli, bimli hemp, bombay hemp, deccan hemp, hibiscus cannabinus, indian hemp, kanaf, kenaf - valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
- blue mahoe, cuban bast, hibiscus elatus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua - 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
- hibiscus heterophyllus, sorrel tree - Australian tree with acid foliage
- common rose mallow, hibiscus moscheutos, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow - showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
- confederate rose, confederate rose mallow, cotton rose, hibiscus mutabilis - Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
- china rose, chinese hibiscus, hibiscus rosa-sinensis, rose of china, shoe black, shoeblack plant - large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
- hibiscus sabdariffa, jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel - 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
- hibiscus syriacus, rose of sharon - 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
- balibago, hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, purau - 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
- black-eyed susan, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, hibiscus trionum - annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
belongs to: genus hibiscus - 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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