sleeping hibiscus

Definitions of sleeping hibiscus
  1. noun
    any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
    synonyms: wax mallow, waxmallow
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    type of:
    mallow
    any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
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