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Definition of Chinese hibiscus
1. Noun. Large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers.
Generic synonyms: Hibiscus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Hibiscus
Literary usage of Chinese hibiscus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1867)
"The flowers are larger than the Chinese hibiscus, and more star-shaped, the petals
being narrower. It is a very fine plant, and well worthy a place in every ..."
2. Manual of Gardening: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... euphorbias, scarlet sage, richardia or calla, heliotropes, fuchsias, Chinese
hibiscus, jasmines, single petunias, swainsona, billbergia, freesias, ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"... of color from the full tone up to a fleecy, cloud- like greenish-white; the
decoration is a Chinese hibiscus, the colors being held in subdued tones. ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Chinese hibiscus. Fig. 1834. In glasshouses a shrub 3-8 ft. high, but reaching
30 ft. in subtropical regions and becoming tree-like: glabrous: Ivs. rather ..."
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