Definition of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

1. Noun. Large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis

Hiberno-
Hiberno-Celtic
Hiberno-English
Hiberno English
Hibernophile
Hibernophiles
Hibernophilia
Hibiscus cannabinus
Hibiscus elatus
Hibiscus esculentus
Hibiscus farragei
Hibiscus heterophyllus
Hibiscus moschatus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Hibiscus mutabilis
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (current term)
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Hibiscus trionum
Hibs
Hichens
Hick
Hicken
Hickes
Hickey
Hickin
Hicking
Hicklin
Hickling

Literary usage of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS. White oak of Norfolk Island, a shady tree I forty feet high. Its leaves are a whitish green, ... HIBISCUS ROSA. SINENSIS Linn ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"A good greenhouse plant, requiring warm temperature. 1058. Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis (X 1-5). 21. Hdsa-Sinensis, Linn. (Я. Sinensis, Hort.). CHINESE HIBISCUS. ..."

3. The Floral Magazine: Comprising Figures and Descriptions of Popular Garden by Thomas Moore, Walter Hood Fitch (1873)
"HIBISCUS (ROSA-SINENSIS) FULGIDUS. We have already figured some remarkable varieties of these handsome stove shrubs, which have lately been introduced by ..."

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