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SHOEBLACK PLANT

Dictionary entry overview: What does shoeblack plant mean?

• SHOEBLACK PLANT (noun)
The noun SHOEBLACK PLANT has 1 sense:

1. large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers

Familiarity information: SHOEBLACK PLANT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHOEBLACK PLANT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese hibiscus; Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; Rose of China; shoe black; shoeblack plant; China rose

Hypernyms ("shoeblack plant" is a kind of...):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)

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