Those which I kept at my house near Colombo were chiefly fed upon plantains and bananas, but for nothing did they evince a greater partiality than the rose-coloured flowers of the red hibiscus (H.
There is the hibiscusof the pavilion, there are the willows of the palace.
Hair like a cloud, face like a flower, headdress which quivered as she walked, Amid the delights of the Hibiscus Pavilion she passed the soft spring nights.
The red hibiscus and the reed, The fragrant flowers of marsh and mead, All these I gather as I stray, As though for one now far away.
A graceful wreath of crimson hibiscus adorned her shapely head, round which her long and glossy black hair was coiled in great rings with artistic profusion.
A garland hung festooned across one shapely shoulder; her bosom was bare or but half hidden by the crimson hibiscus that nestled voluptuously upon it.
A glory of buginvillaea overflows trellis and bower in splendid war with the hibiscus hedges and the dropping yellow fruit.
For the antlered steeds must prance above hibiscus flowers as well as round the Pole.
The natives sometimes obtain the material for their nets and lines from the common littoral tree, the Hibiscus tiliaceus, which they name "dakatako.
The men of the Solomon Islands are very fond of placing in their hair a brightly-coloured flower such as that of Hibiscus tiliaceus, or a pretty sprig, or the frond of a fern.
The conspicuous flowers of Hibiscus tiliaceus, Thespesia populnea, and of other littoral trees such as Cerbera Odollam and Guettarda speciosa, add their brightness to the scene.
One of them, deliciously and roguishly handsome as a faun, with the eyes of a faun, wore a flaming double-hibiscus bloom coquettishly tucked over his ear.
Under the radiance from the lighted lanai, ere entering the irritating movement of life again to which he belonged, he paused to stare, scarcely seeing, at a flaunt of display of scarlet double-hibiscus blooms.
They turned into Chowringhee, where the hibiscusbushes showed pink and crimson over the stucco walls, and at the gates of the pillared houses servants with brown and shining backs sat on their haunches in the sun and were shaved.
Miss Howe's eyes sought a red hibiscus flower that looked in at the window half drowned in sunlight, and the smile in them deepened.
The plumed Hibiscus is found in florists' catalogues described as "double".
I endeavoured to persuade the Baris to cultivate and prepare large quantities of the Hibiscus hemp, which would be extremely valuable in the Soudan.
A scarlet hibiscus in flower framed this phoenix against stirring landscape of the great lake.
The rose of the hibiscus lightens her, Her eyebrows have the curve of willow leaves.
The tree-like Oleander and the beautiful red flower Hibiscus rosasinensis towered above in full bloom, the entire scene being almost sufficient to captivate a European.
They wear a long white gown with plaits, which gives them somewhat the appearance of vestals, and wear a coronal of flowers on their head, or entwine the flaming blossoms of the Hibiscus rosasinensis in their thick black tresses.
Another relative, the OKRA or GUMBO PLANT of vegetable gardens (Hibiscus esculentus), has mucilage enough in its narrow pods to thicken a potful of soup.
A species of Hibiscus with large pink flowers, but small insignificant leaves, and another small malvaceous shrub with white flowers grew round the camp.
The salt water Hibiscus (Paritium) and Acacia (Inga moniliformis), were also in blossom.
John Murphy brought the flower of a yellow Hibiscus from Roper's Peak: it is certainly a new species.
In Praise of Some Lady~ There by his side in chariot rideth she, As lovely flower of the hibiscus tree, So fair her face; and when about they wheel, Her girdle gems of Ken themselves reveal.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hibiscus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
