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hibernia
  • n  an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
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hibiscus cannabinus
  • n  valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
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hibiscus elatus
  • n  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
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hibiscus esculentus
  • n  tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
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hibiscus farragei
  • n  southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
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hibiscus moschatus
  • n  bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
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hibiscus moscheutos
  • n  showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
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hibiscus mutabilis
  • n  Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
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hibiscus rosa-sinensis
  • n  large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
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hibiscus sabdariffa
  • n  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
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hibiscus syriacus
  • n  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
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