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HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hibiscus rosa-sinensis mean? 

HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS (noun)
  The noun HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

China rose; Chinese hibiscus; Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; Rose of China; shoe black; shoeblack plant

Hypernyms ("Hibiscus rosa-sinensis" is a kind of...):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)


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