Hibiscus definition
Any of a genus (Hibiscus) of plants, shrubs, and small trees of the mallow family, with large, colorful flowers.
noun
Any of various chiefly tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Hibiscus of the mallow family, having large, showy, variously colored flowers with numerous stamens united into a tube surrounding the style.
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Noun
Singular:
hibiscus
Plural:
hibiscusesOrigin of hibiscus
- New Latin Hibīscus genus name from Late Latin hibīscus variant of Latin hibīscum marsh mallow perhaps of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Late Latin hibiscus, from Latin hibiscum, from Ancient Greek ἰβίσκος (ibiskos, “marsh mallow”)
From Wiktionary
- From Latin hibiscum, from Ancient Greek ἰβίσκος (ibiskos, “hibiskos”).
From Wiktionary