Definition of "hibiscus" []

• Any of various chiefly tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Hibiscus, having large, showy, variously colored flowers with numerous stamens united into a tube surrounding the style. (noun)

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• "I cleared the hibiscus from a part of the wall and made a old pendulum clock appear there."
• "(Right) Laura Childress, krewe captain representing hibiscus, is assisted to a display cart during the Aurora Floral Fantasy Ball at the Beaumont Civic Center."
• "But maybe the hibiscus is sweeter in Mexico? ayyyyyy esperanza"