1. any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers; [syn: waxmallow, wax mallow, sleeping hibiscus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sleeping hibiscus
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having
brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely
opened hibiscus flowers [syn: waxmallow, wax mallow,
sleeping hibiscus]