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hibiscus

noun
🔊/hɪˈbɪskəs/, 🔊/haɪˈbɪskəs/
🔊/hɪˈbɪskəs/, 🔊/haɪˈbɪskəs/
 [uncountable, countable]
(plural hibiscus)
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  1. a tropical plant or bush with large brightly coloured flowers木槿Topics Plants and treesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHibiscus is used before these nouns:
    • flower
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    Word OriginLatin, from Greek hibiskos, which Dioscorides identified with the marsh mallow.