hibiscus
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- noun
- /hɪˈbɪskəs/
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hibisco
- I made a refreshing hibiscus salad with mango and avocado for lunch.
My beverage of choice is hibiscus tea.
- My beverage of choice is hibiscus tea.
- So I do like a little hibiscus tea kind of thing and pack that on her skin.
- This is a hibiscus tree, and little fibers in here kind of feel like a toothbrush.
- You don't want your Dick to taste like alcohol and hibiscus.
Examples
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The woman will never find the old house behind the hedge of towering hibiscus at the bend of the dirt road.
Fiction book (1995) -
"I think she's nuts," Terry told Natalya as we sipped hibiscus tea at the big brown table in the kitchen.
Fiction book (1996) -
So I do like a little hibiscus tea kind of thing and pack that on her skin.
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Go through the nice hibiscus.
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Oh, would either of you care for some organic hibiscus-infused moon tea?
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I recognized a bush full of gorgeous hibiscus flowers, white and pink.
Blog text (31) -
Branches jutted out every which way from the hedge of the Chinese hibiscus, its red flowers shining against the blue.
Fiction book (1998) -
They're wearing sarongs and hibiscus blossoms in their hair.
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And trees, she wrote, our house is surrounded by banyans, palms, hibiscus, primrose, and umbrella trees.
Fiction book (1998) -
Now the car was turning into a spacious driveway lined with pots of hibiscus exploding with flaming red blooms.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
A large bush or small tree with bright red flowers grown for gardens
A tropical shrub or small tree with large red flowers grown for decoration and often called the China rose
A bush or small tree that loses its leaves and has large, showy bell-shaped flowers in many colors
A Chinese bush or small tree with pale flowers that turn deep red at night
A large plant that lives for many years with big rose-colored flowers that grows in wet places like marshes
A bushy tropical plant from Asia with bright cup-shaped flowers in yellow, pink, or scarlet
A tree or shrub from Australia with sour leaves and large flowers
A small bush with purple flowers that grows in parts of Australia
A southern and western Australian shrub with purple flowers and leaves with small teeth
A small tree that grows by tropical coasts with yellow flowers and strong fibers used for ropes
An annual plant with yellow flowers and purple centers that often grows as a weed
A tropical plant with red edible flower parts used for tea and jam and for strong fiber
A tall plant grown for its edible green pods called okra
A tall plant that people grow for its strong fiber used to make rope and cloth
A tall forest tree from Cuba and Jamaica with orange flowers and strong wood used for furniture
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hibiscus comes from an old Greek word hibískos, which ancient writers used for a plant with large, soft flowers. So, think of hibiscus as a name for a 'showy flower', which fits the big colorful plants we grow in gardens and use for tea.