Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

hibiscus

/hɪˈbɪskəs/ noun

Forms hibiscuses hibisci

noun A flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea.
noun A cocktail made with champagne and cranberry juice.

Etymology

From Late Latin hibiscus, from Latin hibiscum, from Ancient Greek ἰβίσκος (ibískos, “marsh mallow”), probably ultimately from Gaulish.

noun 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.

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “hibiscus”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “hibiscus” (best matches first).

प्रातिका prātikā the China rose, Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis ( = javā ).
अतिचर ati-cara transient, changeable; ( ā ), f., name of the shrub Hibiscus Mutabilis.
जव java speed, quickness, velocity, rapidity, swiftness; ( as, ā, am ), swift, expeditious; ( ā ), f. the China rose…
तर्पिन् tarpin gratifying, giving pleasure or satisfaction; offering oblations to the manes, one who does so; ( iṇī ), f. t…
प्रपौण्डरीक prapauṇḍarīka a small herbaceous plant ( = pauṇḍarīka, commonly puṇḍariyā, used as a remedy for ulcers and bad eyes and as…
कस्तुरिका kasturikā or kastūrikā or kastūrī, f. musk, the animal perfume so called, as brought from Kaṣmīr, Napal, and Western A…
अव्यथ a-vyatha free from pain; not inflicting pain, merciful; ( as ), m. a snake; ( ā ), f., name of the plant Terminalia C…
वञ्जुल vañjula the tree Dalbergia Ougeinensis; another tree, Jonesia Aśoka; common cane or ratan, Calamus Rotang; a kind of…