# rose of Sharon

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A flower of uncertain kind: perhaps Pancratium maritimum, which grows on the Sharon Plain of the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
2. Hypericum calycinum, an evergreen flowering shrub native to southeast Europe and southwest Asia.
3. Hibiscus syriacus, a deciduous flowering shrub native to east Asia, and a national emblem of South Korea.

## Etymology
Calque of Biblical Hebrew חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן (khavatsélet hasharón), from the King James Bible.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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