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Definition of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
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 Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis
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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