HibiscusWordNet Explorer

any plant of the genus Hibiscus

any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

large genus of tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees often grown as ornamentals for their profusion of large flowers in a variety of colors

valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation

erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks

Australian tree with acid foliage

showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers

Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States