Phrase guide
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noun
A flower of uncertain kind: perhaps Pancratium maritimum, which grows on the Sharon Plain of the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Hypericum calycinum, an evergreen flowering shrub native to southeast Europe and southwest Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: great St. John's-wort, Jerusalem star, Aaron's beard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Hibiscus syriacus, a deciduous flowering shrub native to east Asia, and a national emblem of South Korea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: mugunghwa
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Hibiscus syriacus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hibiscus
History
Calque of Biblical Hebrew חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן (khavatsélet hasharón), from the King James Bible.
