hibiscus vs majagua

majagua vs hibiscus

hibiscus and majagua both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hibiscus	Yes	No	No	No
majagua	Yes	No	No	No

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

hibiscus: any plant of the genus Hibiscus
majagua: erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks

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, 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, Rose of China, shoe black, shoeblack plant, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel, Hibiscus syriacus, rose of Sharon, balibago, Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, purau, black-eyed Susan, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, Hibiscus trionum.

hibiscus (noun)	majagua (noun)
any plant of the genus Hibiscus	shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament
	erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks

Difference between hibiscus and majagua

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