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  2. List of works by William Bruce Ellis Ranken - Wikipedia

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    A Green Drawing Room, Hon. Mrs Guy Bethel's House, Colour and Interior Decoration, Country Life, 1926 ... Hibiscus Flower, 1922. ... Still Life, Black and White, 1925 ...

  3. Botanical illustration - Wikipedia

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    While a few drawings were done in black ink or pencil, most were finely enhanced with watercolor. Many were published in Flora Parisiensis , [ 53 ] by Poiteau and Turpin (1808) and some by Turpin (and Ernestine Panckoucke ) in Flore médicale [ 54 ] by François-Pierre Chaumeton (1814–1820).

  4. Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis - Wikipedia

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    Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis is considered to have a number of medical uses in Chinese herbology. [23] Traditional uses in China have been to make a black shoe-polish from its flower petals, or to make a woman's black hair dye. [24] The flowers are also used in parts of China to color various intoxicating liquors. [24]

  5. Floral diagram - Wikipedia

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    Floral diagram of Anagallis arvensis. [1]: 307 The dot represents the main axis, green structure below is the subtending bract.Calyx (green arcs) consists of five free sepals; corolla (red arcs) consists of five fused petals.

  6. Hibiscus - Wikipedia

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    The roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is used as a vegetable. The species Hibiscus suratensis Linn synonymous with Hibiscus aculeatus G. Don is noted in Visayas in the Philippines as being a souring ingredient for almost all local vegetables and menus. Known as labog in the Visayan area (or labuag/sapinit in Tagalog), the species is an ingredient ...

  7. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    Hibiscus Lotus Lotus flower [19] Narcissus Osmanthus Osmanthus blossom [19] Peach Peach blossom [19] Spring and happiness. [3] Peony [19] Peony flower Associated with royalty. [3] It is also called “flower of rank and honour"; honours means attaining high rank, an official position or high social status. [3] Plum Plum flowers Symbol of winter ...

  8. Thespesia grandiflora - Wikipedia

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    Thespesia grandiflora, most commonly known as Maga, and also referred to as Maga Colorada ("Red Maga") and Puerto Rican hibiscus, [2] is a tree in the family Malvaceae of the rosids clade [2] endemic to Puerto Rico, where its flower is officially recognized as the national flower of the archipelago.

  9. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers List of national flowersflowers that represent specific geographic areas Plants in culture – uses of plants by humans Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets