china rose | | |
n. (plant) | 1. bengal rose, china rose, rosa chinensis | shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses. |
| ~ rose, rosebush | any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses. |
n. (plant) | 2. china rose, chinese hibiscus, hibiscus rosa-sinensis, rose of china, shoe black, shoeblack plant | large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers. |
| ~ hibiscus | any plant of the genus Hibiscus. |
hibiscus | | |
n. (plant) | 1. hibiscus | any plant of the genus Hibiscus. |
| ~ mallow | any of various plants of the family Malvaceae. |
| ~ genus hibiscus | 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. |
| ~ bimli, bimli hemp, bombay hemp, hibiscus cannabinus, kanaf, deccan hemp, indian hemp, kenaf | valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation. |
| ~ blue mahoe, cuban bast, hibiscus elatus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua | 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. |
| ~ hibiscus heterophyllus, sorrel tree | Australian tree with acid foliage. |
| ~ common rose mallow, hibiscus moscheutos, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow | showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers. |
| ~ confederate rose, confederate rose mallow, cotton rose, hibiscus mutabilis | Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States. |
| ~ chinese hibiscus, hibiscus rosa-sinensis, rose of china, shoe black, shoeblack plant, china rose | large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers. |
| ~ hibiscus sabdariffa, jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel | 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. |
| ~ hibiscus syriacus, rose of sharon | Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe. |
| ~ balibago, hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, purau | shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament. |
| ~ bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, hibiscus trionum, black-eyed susan | annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America. |
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