The rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus. Obsolete. rare.

(Formerly also plural, with singular agreement.) Originally (more fully common mallow, wild mallow, or field mallow): a common European plant of…

= shrub mallow n. at shrub, n.1 compounds 3.

In specific names of plants, often rendering Latin fruticosus.

(a) marsh mallow, Althæa; (b) the rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus.

Any of various tropical trees and large shrubs, chiefly of the family Malvaceae, which are valued for their fibrous bast; esp. (a) either of two…

More fully purau tree. In certain Polynesian islands: an evergreen shrub or small tree, Hibiscus tiliaceus (family Malvaceae), occurring widely…

a shrubby Indian hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-malabarica.

Chiefly North American. The Syrian hibiscus, Hibiscus syriacus (formerly Althaea frutex), native to Asia but widely cultivated in numerous…

A Mexican malvaceous shrub, Periptera punica.

A tropical shrub or tree, Hibiscus tiliaceus, belonging to the family Malvaceæ. Also hau-tree.

Either of two Australian trees, Hibiscus tiliaceus or Cochlospermum heteronemum.