hibiscus syriacus

1. 1.

   Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe

   Synonymsrose of Sharon

   Broaderhibiscus

Questions about hibiscus syriacus

What does hibiscus syriacus mean?

hibiscus syriacus means "Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe".

What is another word for hibiscus syriacus?

Close synonyms include rose of Sharon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hibiscus syriacus a common word?

hibiscus syriacus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.