Hibiscus
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5.5
- noun
- /hɪˈbɪskəs/
- Specialized
:
hibisco
- The garden was filled with vibrant hibiscus flowers, attracting many butterflies.
- hibiscus flower
- Hibiscus tea
- hibiscus bloom
Examples
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Ladybugs crawled on glossy hibiscus leaves.
Fiction book (2001) -
I twirl the hibiscus stem in my fingers.
Fiction book (2002) -
Somebody had stuck a white hibiscus in her hair.
Fiction book (1996) -
There were hibiscus flowers in her hair.
Fiction book (2001) -
When he woke, the day had moved and the hibiscus was as wide as his hand.
Fiction book (1992) -
The woman was a small creature with black curls and a red hibiscus in her hair.
Fiction book (1992) -
Outside his window, a rich red dust the color of sunburnt clay blooms like hibiscus around the bare feet of a young girl.
Fiction book (2000) -
My favorite teas are throat coat, chamomile, hibiscus, green tea, Earl Grey.
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Behind her, by the picture window facing an inner courtyard, a Christmas tree, brilliant with thousands of tiny lights, was hung with hibiscus and frangipani blossoms.
Fiction book (1996) -
There was a smaller version of Trina's portrait in the red velvet dress sitting on his desk, along with a photograph of Giselle with a hibiscus tucked behind one ear, her face flushed with sun and mai tais, taken in Hawaii on their honeymoon.
Fiction book (1999)
Compounds
- Specialized
A tall plant that people grow for its strong fiber used to make rope and cloth
- Specialized
A tall forest tree from Cuba and Jamaica with orange flowers and strong wood used for furniture
- Specialized
A tropical shrub or small tree with large red flowers grown for decoration and often called the China rose
- Specialized
A tropical plant with red edible flower parts used for tea and jam and for strong fiber
- Specialized
A bush or small tree that loses its leaves and has large, showy bell-shaped flowers in many colors
- Specialized
A small tree that grows by tropical coasts with yellow flowers and strong fibers used for ropes
- Specialized
An annual plant with yellow flowers and purple centers that often grows as a weed
- Specialized
A tree or shrub from Australia with sour leaves and large flowers
- Specialized
A bushy tropical plant from Asia with bright cup-shaped flowers in yellow, pink, or scarlet
- Specialized
A large plant that lives for many years with big rose-colored flowers that grows in wet places like marshes
- Specialized
A Chinese bush or small tree with pale flowers that turn deep red at night
How Showy
- South African
- Specialized
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1.3
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Hibiscus comes from the old Greek word hibiskos, which was used for a kind of 'mallow' plant. So Hibiscus names these plants because their large, soft, colorful flowers look like members of the 'mallow' family.