hibiscus vs Rose of China

Rose of China vs hibiscus

hibiscus and Rose of China both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hibiscus	Yes	No	No	No
Rose of China	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Rose of China is a hyponym of hibiscus; that is, Rose of China is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hibiscus:

hibiscus: any plant of the genus Hibiscus
Rose of China: large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers

Other hyponyms of hibiscus include bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, deccan hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, kanaf, kenaf, blue mahoe, Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, Hibiscus heterophyllus, sorrel tree, common rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow, Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, cotton rose, Hibiscus mutabilis, China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, shoe black, shoeblack plant, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel, Hibiscus syriacus, rose of Sharon, balibago, Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, purau, black-eyed Susan, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, Hibiscus trionum.

hibiscus (noun)	Rose of China (noun)
any plant of the genus Hibiscus	large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers

Difference between hibiscus and Rose of China

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