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hibiscus

/hahy-bis-kuhs, hi-/US // haɪˈbɪs kəs, hɪ- //UK // (haɪˈbɪskəs) //

木槿花,芙蓉花,芙蓉,芙蓉树

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hi·bis·cus·es.

    • : Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers: the state flower of Hawaii.
    • : any of numerous other plants, shrubs, or trees of the genus Hibiscus, characterized by lobate or dentate leaves and usually profusely blooming flowers.

Examples

  • To accompany breakfast or lunch, there's hibiscus lavender tea or locally roasted Bumper Crop coffee.

  • Bulbs strung among branches in the overhead wild hibiscus tree form a radiant canopy.

  • Drink: Agua Fresca, especially Flor de Jamaica, hibiscus flower.

  • His left hand was slung to his chest by a piece of green hibiscus bark, which was passed round his neck and roughly tied.

  • She used to stick hibiscus flowers in them red curtains and stand off and admire me by the hour.

  • Hibiscus is very easy to raise, and should be planted among and along the edge of shrubbery.

  • The plumed Hibiscus is found in florists catalogues described as double.

  • A quantity of hibiscus bark was also collected, to be used in the manufacture of cord for fishing-lines, nets, etcetera.