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Definition of Hibiscus esculentus
1. Noun. Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus.
Terms within: Gumbo, Okra, Okra
Group relationships: Abelmoschus, Genus Abelmoschus
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hibiscus Esculentus
Literary usage of Hibiscus esculentus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Junction: Mild Adventure for the Armchair Ruralist by Vic Campbell (1992)
"We settled on an unusual flowering plant, Malvaceae hibiscus esculentus. ...
hibiscus esculentus, on the other hand, carries mucilaginous polymerized ..."
2. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1879)
"Botanical Origin—hibiscus esculentus L. (Abelmoschus ... Like many other plants
of the order, hibiscus esculentus abounds in all its parts with insipid ..."
3. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"... the hibiscus esculentus, which grew to a height of eight or ten feet. It yielded
a nourishing food for cattle, and the bark contained the fibre which ..."
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