A hibiscus is a tropical plant grown for its large, open, brightly coloured flowers — often red, pink, yellow, or orange — with a long column standing in the middle. In warm places it becomes a garden bush; in cooler places people keep it in pots. You will see the flowers in hair, on tea packets, and on holiday shirts.

A hibiscus is a tropical plant grown for its large, open, brightly coloured flowershibiscus是一種熱帶植物，種植是為了它又大又鮮豔、開得很開的花朵 — often red, pink, yellow, or orange常見的顏色有紅色、粉紅色、黃色或橘色 — with a long column standing in the middle花的中間會立著一根長長的花蕊柱。 In warm places it becomes a garden bush在溫暖的地方它會長成一叢花圃裡的灌木; in cooler places people keep it in pots在比較冷的地方人們就用盆栽種它。 You will see the flowers in hair, on tea packets, and on holiday shirts你會在頭髮上、茶包裝上，還有渡假花襯衫上看到這種花

Though actually, not every “hibiscus” in a kitchen is the same plant: the sour red tea many people like is often roselle, a cousin in the same family, while the big ornamental bloom on a fence is usually another kind.

Though actually不過其實, not every "hibiscus" in a kitchen is the same plant廚房裡講的每一種「hibiscus」並不都是同一種植物: the sour red tea many people like is often roselle, a cousin in the same family很多人喜歡的那種酸酸的紅色茶，通常是roselle（洛神花），是同科的親戚, while the big ornamental bloom on a fence is usually another kind而籬笆上那種大朵的觀賞花，通常是另一個品種

The English word does not split into smaller English pieces; it is an old plant name that travelled through Latin and Greek.

The English word does not split into smaller English pieces這個英文字沒辦法再拆成更小的英文部件; it is an old plant name that travelled through Latin and Greek它是一個經過拉丁文和希臘文一路傳下來的古老植物名