| HI | an island comprising the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland |
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| HI | any plant of the genus Hibiscus |
| HI | valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation |
| HI | erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers |
| HI | tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews |
| HI | southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers |
| HI | Australian tree with acid foliage |
| HI | bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus |
| HI | showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers |
| HI | Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night |
| HI | large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers |
| HI | East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber |