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HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hibiscus sabdariffa mean? 

HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA (noun)
  The noun HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA has 1 sense:

1. East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiberplay

  Familiarity information: HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hibiscus sabdariffa; Jamaica sorrel; red sorrel; roselle; rozelle; sorrel

Hypernyms ("Hibiscus sabdariffa" is a kind of...):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)


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