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单词 hibiscus
释义 hibiscus Bot.|hɪˈbɪskəs|
[Lat., a. Gr. ἱβίσκος some malvaceous plant (identified by Dioscorides with ἀλθαία).]
A large genus of malvaceous plants (herbs, shrubs, and trees), mostly from tropical countries; the Rose-mallows.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Hibiscum or Hibiscus, the Herb Marshmallows, of known Vertue against the Stone and Gravel.1791W. Bartram Carolina 104 The orange flowered Hibiscus is also conspicuously beautiful.1857Livingstone Trav. iii. 72 Nets made of the fine strong fibres of the hibiscus which grows abundantly in all moist places.
attrib.1875I. L. Bird Hawaii 134 Hats made from cane⁓tops, and trimmed with hibiscus blossoms.
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