hibiscus

• It is surprising that Red Safari Spice does not taste either richer or possess a dry aftertaste as most red teas I have tried do, considering that the primary ingredients are: rooibos, hibiscus, and cinnamon. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
• It's a hibiscus, a tall spiky plant, one of the perennial varieties; Lugumira has one just like it in his back yard. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
• Often during the summer heats he spends the whole day here, or else he goes to his glorious garden about a mile distant, near the coast, where acacias, hibiscus, and almonds fight with one another for the mastery, and form a delicious tangle Another mile on, closer to the sea, is the fine ruined fortress of the Portuguese, Gibliah, as the natives call it now, just as they do one of the fortresses at Maskat. —  Southern Arabia
• Most of the ground was covered with hibiscus* (with red stalk and small flower) which grew to the height of twenty inches and alternated with patches of luxuriant grass, Acacia pendula, and eucalyptus. —  Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1
• Large groves of pandanus and hibiscus, and a variety of other plants, were growing in great luxuriance upon the banks of the Prince Regent's River, but, unhappily, the sterile and rocky appearance of the country was some alloy to the satisfaction we felt at the first sight of the fresh water Water had been obtained sufficient to last until October. —  The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888

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