Definition of Chinese hibiscus

1. Noun. Large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Hibiscus

Chinese evergreen
Chinese fire drill
Chinese fire drills
Chinese folk religion
Chinese forget-me-not
Chinese fried rice
Chinese ginger
Chinese goose
Chinese gooseberries
Chinese gooseberry
Chinese grapefruit
Chinese grapefruits
Chinese hamster
Chinese hamsters
Chinese hawthorn
Chinese hibiscus
Chinese holly
Chinese jujube
Chinese juniper
Chinese junipers
Chinese kale
Chinese lacquer tree
Chinese lantern
Chinese lantern plant
Chinese lanterns
Chinese magnolia
Chinese mantis
Chinese medicine
Chinese men
Chinese menu

Literary usage of Chinese hibiscus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1867)
"The flowers are larger than the chinese hibiscus, and more star-shaped, the petals being narrower. It is a very fine plant, and well worthy a place in every ..."

2. Manual of Gardening: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... euphorbias, scarlet sage, richardia or calla, heliotropes, fuchsias, Chinese hibiscus, jasmines, single petunias, swainsona, billbergia, freesias, ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"... of color from the full tone up to a fleecy, cloud- like greenish-white; the decoration is a chinese hibiscus, the colors being held in subdued tones. ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"chinese hibiscus. Fig. 1834. In glasshouses a shrub 3-8 ft. high, but reaching 30 ft. in subtropical regions and becoming tree-like: glabrous: Ivs. rather ..."

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