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Definition of Sleeping hibiscus
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers.
Generic synonyms: Mallow
Group relationships: Genus Malvaviscus, Malvaviscus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleeping Hibiscus
Literary usage of Sleeping hibiscus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"... the traditional diet, but its leaves produce the materials from which women
plaited mats for sitting and sleeping. Hibiscus provides a soft, light wood, ..."
2. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"... the traditional diet, but its leaves produce the materials from which women
plaited mats for sitting and sleeping. Hibiscus provides a soft, light wood, ..."
3. Circular by Puerto Rico Federal Experiment Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station (Mayaguez) (1918)
"... HBK sleeping hibiscus ' Capucha de Monje" (fig. 61) Malvaceae The common name
is derived from the appearance of unopened hibiscus flowers. ..."
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