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Keywords: showy, laxative, diuretic, appetite, genus

A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and Manoe.

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The origin of the word hibiscus is not certain. In Latin, the word means "marshmallow." It is largest group of plants in the mallow (Malvaceae) family is the genus Hibiscus, which includes about 250 species of herbs, shrubs, and small trees. Some are delicate tropical blooms; others are hardy and grow almost anywhere. Plants of the Hibiscus genus are characterized by large, showy flowers with deep-colored bases. The blossoms may be white, cream, yellow, pink, crimson, magenta, or purple-blue. Some varieties of the hibiscus change from white or yellow in the morning to pink or red in the afternoon.

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any plant of the genus Hibiscus

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a flowering plant

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This red-flowered annual herb is a tropical plant that is commonly used in jams, jellies, sauces, beverages and teas. It provides a tart, refreshing flavor to these foods and drinks.

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Hibiscus sabdariffa Leaves are commonly used in Egypt for nerve and heart disorders. In Europe, the flowers have been traditionally used to treat colds, upper respiratory congestion, loss of appetite, circulatory impairment and as a mild laxative and diuretic.

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As A Treatment"...Other activities attributed to hibiscus are uterine and intestinal antispasmodic, bacteriocidal, appetite suppressant, diuretic and mild laxative..."

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Hibiscus (real name, George Harris, Jr. ) (1949-1982) was leader of the psychedelic gay liberation theatre group known as the Cockettes in early 1970's San Francisco. His commune in a condemned Victorian on Sutter near Steiner in San Francisco was a member of a group of communes called Kali Flower that was dedicated to distributing free food and to creating free art and theater. The Cockettes, consisting of gay hippies (Gippies), women, and even babies, decked themselves out in drag and glitter for a series of legendary midnight musicals at the Palace Theater on Columbus and Union in North Beach in San Francisco California.

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Keywords: crestatx, campanet, pollensa, villa, quiet

a beautiful villa located in a very quiet residential area (Urbanization Crestatx), between Campanet and Pollensa

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Keywords: hbci, homebanking, jameica, plugin, german

A homebanking application using the german HBCI standard. All information are stored into an embedded database . language: Java, ï¿½. Runs as a plugin within the Jameica framework.

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