"shoe flower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shoe flowers [plural]
Etymology: So called because of its historical use for blacking shoes. Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoe flower (plural shoe flowers)
  1. (India) Chinese hibiscus Tags: India
    Sense id: en-shoe_flower-en-noun-d5XQut2Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Indian English

Inflected forms

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