GENUS HIBISCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hibiscus mean? 

• GENUS HIBISCUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS HIBISCUS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: GENUS HIBISCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HIBISCUS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Hibiscus" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hibiscus"):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)

Holonyms ("genus Hibiscus" is a member of...):

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)