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HIBISCUS SYRIACUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hibiscus syriacus mean?
• HIBISCUS SYRIACUS (noun)
The noun HIBISCUS SYRIACUS has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: HIBISCUS SYRIACUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hibiscus syriacus; rose of Sharon
Hypernyms ("Hibiscus syriacus" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)
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